{"product_id":"times-of-trouble-violence-in-russian-literature-and-culture-9780299224301","title":"Times of Trouble: Violence in Russian Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the country that has added to our vocabulary such colorful terms as \"purges,\" \"pogroms,\" and \"gulag,\" this collection investigates the conspicuous marks of violence in Russian history and culture. \u003cbr\u003e Russians and non-Russians alike have long debated the reasons for this endemic violence. Some have cited Russia's huge size, unforgiving climate, and exposed geographical position as formative in its national character, making invasion easy and order difficult. Others have fixed the blame on cultural and religious traditions that spurred internecine violence or on despotic rulers or unfortunate episodes in the nation's history, such as the Mongol invasion, the rule of Ivan the Terrible, or the \"Red Terror\" of the revolution. Even in contemporary Russia, the specter of violence continues, from widespread mistreatment of women to racial antagonism, the product of a frustrated nationalism that manifests itself in such phenomena as the wars in Chechnya. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times of Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in English to explore the problem of violence in Russia. From a variety of perspectives, essays investigate Russian history as well as depictions of violence in the visual arts and in literature, including the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, Mikhail Lermontov, and Nina Sadur. From the Mongol invasion to the present day, topics include the gulag, genocide, violence against women, anti-Semitism, and terrorism as a tool of revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus C. Levitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.34w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299224301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcus C. Levitt is associate professor of Slavic languages at the University of Southern California. Tatyana Novikov is associate professor of Russian at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39952731603059,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":54.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_10124183-7260-41d7-8d54-39b0f0da7ab2.jpg?v=1648564542","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/times-of-trouble-violence-in-russian-literature-and-culture-9780299224301","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}