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Stanton, Rebecca Jane, 1972-

Isaac Babel and the self-invention of Odessan modernism [electronic resource] / Rebecca Jane Stanton. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory . - Studies in Russian literature and theory. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: stories that come true -- City through the looking-glass: literary Odessa -- Isaac Babel: stories that lie like truth -- Babel's bildungsroman and Odessan modernism -- Reinventing the self: Valentin Kataev and Yury Olesha -- Conclusion: the Odessan self.

ISBN: 9780810166158

Subjects--Personal Names:
Olesha, I͡Uriĭ Karlovich, 1899-1960 --Criticism and interpretation.
Kataev, Valentin, 1897-1986 --Criticism and interpretation.
Babelʹ, I. 1894-1940 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Modernism (Literature)--Russia (Federation)
Russian literature--History and criticism.--Ukraine--Odesa
Russian literature--History and criticism.--20th century

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Odesa (Ukraine)--In literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PG3476.B2 / Z799 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 891.7342