{"product_id":"the-chekhovian-intertext-lyudmila-parts-9780814256756","title":"The Chekhovian Intertext: Dialogue with a Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Chekhovian Intertext\u003c\/i\u003e Lyudmila Parts explores contemporary Russian writers' intertextual engagement with Chekhov and his myth. She offers a new interpretative framework to explain the role Chekhov and other classics play in constructing and maintaining Russian national identity and the reasons for the surge in the number of intertextual engagements with the classical authors during the cultural crisis in post-perestroika Russia. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book highlights the intersection of three distinct concepts: cultural memory, cultural myth, and intertextuality. It is precisely their interrelation that explains how intertextuality came to function as a defense mechanism of culture, a reaction of cultural memory to the threat of its disintegration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to offering close readings of some of the most significant short stories by contemporary Russian authors and by Chekhov, as a theoretical case study the book sheds light on important processes in contemporary literature: it explores the function of intertextuality in the development of Russian literature, especially post-Soviet literature; it singles out the main themes in contemporary literature, and explains their ties to national cultural myths and to cultural memory. \u003ci\u003eThe Chekhovian Intertext\u003c\/i\u003e may serve as a theoretical model and impetus for examinations of other national literatures from the point of view of the relationship between intertextuality and cultural memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyudmila Parts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814256759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814256756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Lyudmila Parts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153119588607,"sku":"9780814256756","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2d1aa51-dec4-4b0d-85fb-226483dc08b5.jpg?v=1770781418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chekhovian-intertext-lyudmila-parts-9780814256756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}