Preserving Petersburg: History, Memory, Nostalgia Contributor(s): Goscilo, Helena (Editor), Norris, Stephen M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253219809 ISBN-13: 9780253219800 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
Dewey: 947.21 |
LCCN: 2007045267 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.32" W x 9.21" (0.99 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For more than three centuries, St. Petersburg, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. Preserving Petersburg represents a significant departure from traditional representations. By moving beyond the Petersburg text created by canonized writers and artists, the contributors to this engrossing volume trace the ways in which St. Petersburg has become a museum piece, embodying history, nostalgia, and recourse to memories of the past. The essays in this attractively illustrated volume trace a process of preservation that stretches back nearly three centuries, as manifest in the works of noted historians, poets, novelists, artists, architects, filmmakers, and dramatists. |