Russian orientalism Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration /

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Autore principale: Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David
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Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
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Sommario:
  • Introduction: What is Russian orientalism?
  • The forest and the steppe
  • The Petrine dawn
  • Catherinian chinoiserie
  • The oriental muse
  • The Kazan school
  • Missionary orientology
  • The rise of the St. Petersburg school
  • The oriental faculty
  • The exotic self
  • Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.