Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Translations and Transliteration xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. Colonial Management of Transcaucasia and the Ideas of the European Enlightenment 10
7. Chapter Two. The “Oriental Journeys” in The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar 39
8. Chapter Three. A Novelistic Outline of Orientalism 61
9. Chapter Four. “The Fountain of Bakhchisaray”: The Harem of the Russian Empire 75
10. Chapter Five. Infant Asia and Stenka Razin: Persia in the Works of the Soviet Avant-Garde 89
11. Chapter Six. The “Treacherous Eunuch”: Search for Authenticity 109
12. Chapter Seven. An Iranian Delegation’s Visit to Petersburg in 1829 and Its Interpretation in 1929 124
13. Chapter Eight. The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar as a Parody of a Spy Novel 150
14. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Tynianov’s Anti-imperialist Legacy and the 2010 Television Adaptation of His Novel 165
15. Notes 171
16. Bibliography 203
17. Index 217