Chapter 15 “THE STEPMOTHER OF RUSSIAN CITIES”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Chapter 1 A SWEDISH COUNTESS AND A RUSSIAN EMPRESS 19
6. Chapter 2 FROM KING-AS-POET TO POET-AS-KING 34
7. Chapter 3 DREAMS OF A GERMAN(N) IN RUSSIA 50
8. Chapter 4 THE FANTASTIC IN THE EVERYDAY 62
9. Chapter 5 THE TYRANNY OF DIFFERENCE 74
10. Chapter 6 THE TYRANNICAL “KNOUT” OF WORLD HISTORY 102
11. Chapter 7 PUSHKIN AS “UNIVERSAL” POET 113
12. Chapter 8 CHURCH AND STATE 126
13. Chapter 9 THE SHAPE OF RUSSIAN IDEALISM 137
14. Chapter 10 BAKHTIN, BENJAMIN, AND HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLOCAUST 153
15. Chapter 11 MITTELEUROPA TO MOSCOW 169
16. Chapter 12 SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, MUSIC 185
17. Chapter 13 NIETZSCHE’S HIDDEN VOICE IN SOCIALIST REALISM 197
18. Chapter 14 TRANSNATIONAL AUTHORSHIP ON THE GERMAN-SLAVIC BORDER 212
19. Chapter 15 “THE STEPMOTHER OF RUSSIAN CITIES” 225
20. Chapter 16 NABOKOV AND GOETHE 241
21. Chapter 17 PASTERNAK AND THE RUSSIAN RECEPTION OF HEINE 252
22. Chapter 18 KAFKA’S “THE HUNGER ARTIST” AND SHALAMOV’S “THE ARTIST OF THE SPADE” 277
23. APPENDIX 292
24. CONTRIBUTORS 304
25. INDEX 308