Russias Capitalist Realism: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)

Russia’s Capitalist Realism examines how the literary tradition that produced the great works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov responded to the dangers and possibilities posed by Russia’s industrial revolution. During Russia’s first tumultuous transition to capitalism, social problems became issues of literary form for writers trying to make sense of economic change. The new environments created by industry, such as giant factories and mills, demanded some kind of response from writers but defied all existing forms of language. This book recovers the rich and lively public discourse of this volatile historical period, which Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov transformed into some of the world’s greatest works of literature. Russia’s Capitalist Realism will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth‐century Russian literature and history, the relationship between capitalism and literary form, and theories of the novel. project_muse_78034-2753456 project_muse_78034-2753455 project_muse_78034-2751808 project_muse_78034-2751809 project_muse_78034-2751810 project_muse_78034-2751811 project_muse_78034-2751812 project_muse_78034-2751813 project_muse_78034-2751814 project_muse_78034-2751815 project_muse_78034-2751816 project_muse_78034-2751817 project_muse_78034-2751818 project_muse_78034-2751819 project_muse_78034-2751820