A People Passing Rude
British Responses to Russian Culture
Described by the sixteenth-century English poet George Turbervile as "a people passing rude, to vices vile inclin'd", the Russians waited some three centuries before their subsequent cultural achievements - in music, art and particularly literature - achieved widespread recognition in Britain.
The essays in this stimulating collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia's influence on British culture. They move from the early nineteenth century - when Byron sent his hero Don Juan to me...
Éditeur : Open Book Publishers
Lieu d’édition : Cambridge
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 1 juin 2015
ISBN numérique : 978-2-8218-5404-8
Collection : OBP collection
Année d’édition : 2012
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-1-909254-10-7
Nombre de pages : xvi-331
Anthony Cross
1. By Way of Introduction: British Perception, Reception and Recognition of Russian CulturePeter Cochran
2. Byron, Don Juan, and RussiaRichard Marks
4. Russian icons through British eyes, c. 1830-1930Tatiana Bogrdanova
7. Russian folk tales for English Readers: Two personalities and two strategies in British Translations of the late 19th and early 20th centuriesPhilip Ross Bullock
8. ‘Wilful Melancholy’ or ‘a Vigorous and Manly Optimism’?: Rosa Newmarch and the Struggle against Decadence in the British Reception of Russian Music, 1897-1917Muireann Maguire
10. Crime and Publishing: How Dostoevskii Changed the British MurderMarilyn Schwinn Smith
13. Aleksei Remizov’s English-language Translators: New MaterialRachel Polonsky
14. Chekhov and the Buried Life of Katherine MansfieldSvetlana Klimova
15. ‘A Gaul who has chosen impeccable Russian as his medium’: Ivan Bunin and the British Myth of Russia in the Early 20th CenturyNicola Kozicharow
17. ‘Racy of the Soil’: Filipp Maliavin’s London Exhibition of 1935Claire Knight
18. Mrs Churchill Goes to Russia: The Wartime Gift Exchange between Britain and the Soviet UnionEmma Minns
19. ‘Unity in difference’: The Representation of Life in the Soviet Union through IsotypeDescribed by the sixteenth-century English poet George Turbervile as "a people passing rude, to vices vile inclin'd", the Russians waited some three centuries before their subsequent cultural achievements - in music, art and particularly literature - achieved widespread recognition in Britain.
The essays in this stimulating collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia's influence on British culture. They move from the early nineteenth century - when Byron sent his hero Don Juan to meet Catherine the Great, and an English critic sought to come to terms with the challenge of Pushkin - to a series of Russian-themed exhibitions at venues including the Crystal Palace and Earls Court. The collection looks at British encounters with Russian music, the fascination with Dostoevskii and Chekhov, and finishes by shedding light on Britain's engagement with Soviet film.
Edited by Anthony Cross, one of the world's foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, A People Passing Rude is essential reading for anyone with an interest in British and Russian cultures and their complex inter-relationship.
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