{"product_id":"solzhenitsyns-traditional-imagination-james-m-curtis-9780820331867","title":"Solzhenitsyn's Traditional Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost critics overlook the literary significance of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's work, focusing instead on biographical, political, and moral interpretations. This examination of Solzhenitsyn's major novels--\u003ci\u003eOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe First Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCancer Ward\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAugust 1914\u003c\/i\u003e--emphasizes that his writings must be understood within the tradition of Russian literature and the context of Western culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames M. Curtis provides a detailed analysis of Tolstoy's crucial influence on Solzhenitsyn, and he discusses at length Solzhenitsyn's relationship to Dostoyevsky, Leskov, Chekhov, and Zamyatin. Curtis also demonstrates that a study of Ernest Hemingway (whose books have been enormously popular in Russia) and Virginia Woolf can contribute to our understanding of the Russian novelist. \u003ci\u003eSolzhenitsyn's Traditional Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e includes a chapter on Dos Passos and Eisenstein whose work constituted Solzhenitsyn's first major artistic interest outside Russian literature. The chapter presents the first comprehensive examination of the importance of film for Solzhenitsyn and shows how he learned the use of film technique in literature from Dos Passos and how he adapted it from Eisenstein's films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis was the first full-length study to use Solzhenitsyn's revised editions of \u003ci\u003eOne Day . . .\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe First Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCancer Ward\u003c\/i\u003e (all published in 1978). Professor Curtis's careful use of the best available texts, together with his wide knowledge of contemporary literary criticism and his insistence upon Solzhenitsyn's purely literary importance, make this a valuable book for all students of Solzhenitsyn's fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. Curtis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820331864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820331867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"James M. Curtis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540345057535,"sku":"9780820331867","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea2fe709-ef26-4058-8135-9d1089973bae.jpg?v=1700587380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/solzhenitsyns-traditional-imagination-james-m-curtis-9780820331867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}