{"product_id":"preserving-petersburg-history-memory-nostalgia-9780253219800","title":"Preserving Petersburg: History, Memory, Nostalgia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than three centuries, St. Petersburg, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. \u003ci\u003ePreserving Petersburg\u003c\/i\u003e represents a significant departure from traditional representations. By moving beyond the Petersburg text created by canonized writers and artists, the contributors to this engrossing volume trace the ways in which St. Petersburg has become a museum piece, embodying history, nostalgia, and recourse to memories of the past. The essays in this attractively illustrated volume trace a process of preservation that stretches back nearly three centuries, as manifest in the works of noted historians, poets, novelists, artists, architects, filmmakers, and dramatists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helena Goscilo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.32w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253219800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2008 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena Goscilo is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eRussia Women Culture, \u003c\/i\u003e edited with Beth Holmgren (IUP, 1996), and Anastasia Verbitskaia's \u003ci\u003eKeys to Happiness, \u003c\/i\u003e translated and edited with Beth Holmgren (IUP, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen M. Norris is Associate Professor of History at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He is author of \u003ci\u003eA War of Images: Russian Popular Prints, Wartime Culture, and National Identity, 1812-1945\u003c\/i\u003e and editor (with Zara Torlone) of \u003ci\u003eInsiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39946311368819,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0165cc3b-fa2d-4d86-8aad-418a419c88ce.jpg?v=1648313728","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/preserving-petersburg-history-memory-nostalgia-9780253219800","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}