ryan-hayes contemporary russian satire. a genre study
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CONTEMPORARYRUSSIAN SATIRE
A genre study
KAREN L. RYAN-HAYES
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First published 1995This digitally printed first paperback version 2006
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication dataRyan-Hayes, Karen L.
Contemporary Russian Satire: a genre study/Karen L. Ryan-Hayes.p. cm. - (Cambridge studies in Russian literature)
Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0 521 47515 5 (hardback)
1. Russian literature - 20th century - History and Criticism.2. Satire, Russian — History and criticism.
3. Russian wit and humor — History and criticism.I. Title. II. Series.
PG3026.S3R94 1995891.77'4409-dc20 95-2262 CIP
ISBN-13 978-0-521-47515-0 hardbackISBN-10 0-521-47515-5 hardback
ISBN-13 978-0-521-02626-0 paperbackISBN-10 0-521-02626-1 paperback
Contents
Acknowledgments page xNote on the translation xi
Introduction i
1 Iskander's transparent allegory: Rabbits and BoaConstrictors 11
2 Beyond picaresque: Erofeev's Moscow-Petushki 58
3 Satire and the autobiographical mode: Limonov'sUs Me, Eddie 101
4 The family chronicle revisited: Dovlatov's Ours 150
5 Dystopia redux: Voinovich and Moscow 2042 193
Conclusion 239
Notes 244Select bibliography 273Index 284
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