Russian Modernism

"This first study devoted to the subject is welcome for its rich, informed theoretical discussion...A book for graduate students and researchers." Choice "Russian Modernism will be useful to anyone with an interest in either Silver Age prose fiction or the interaction between Russian religious thought and Russian culture." Steven Cassedy, Slavic Review "Stephen Hutching's densely written book rewards the diligent reader with a sophisticated, well-illustrated, and convincing analysis of the function of byt (routine life) in twentieth-century Russian literature. Hutching's work...provides fresh, insightful close readings of salient Silver Age texts...Even more important, however, Hutchings convincingly traces how the struggle in Russian literature between are and "real life" achieves its ultimate transposition through Silver Age literature...it merits careful attention by any serious scholar of twentieth-century Russian literature and cultural studies." The Russian Review, vol.59