{"product_id":"formalists-against-imperialism-anna-aydinyan-9781487543853","title":"Formalists Against Imperialism: The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar and Russian Orientalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn January 1829, an angry mob in Tehran murdered Russian poet and diplomat Alexander Griboedov, author of the verse comedy \u003ci\u003eWoe from Wit\u003c\/i\u003e and architect of the Russian annexation of the north Caucasus from Persia after the Russo-Persian War. A century later, the Russian formalist writer Yury Tynianov wrote a historical novel about the event entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging study, Anna Aydinyan posits that \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar\u003c\/i\u003e conceptualizes Orientalism fifty years before Edward Said coined the term. She argues that Tynianov parodied historical works on the Caucasus in his novel in order to critique the ways in which exoticizing the East enabled imperialism and colonization. Analysing literary and non-literary texts on Russia's relationship with Iran, along with the economic and cultural development of Transcaucasia after the Russo-Persian War, \u003ci\u003eFormalists against Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e studies Russian culture within the framework of comparative colonialisms and examines the twentieth-century Russian reconsideration of the country's imperial past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Aydinyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487543859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487543853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Anna Aydinyan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44066025799935,"sku":"9781487543853","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db210d43-23de-4240-98a1-d99bad5c1c4f.jpg?v=1685404908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/formalists-against-imperialism-anna-aydinyan-9781487543853","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}