POGGIOLI, The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writer…
POGGIOLI, The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writer
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POGGIOLI, Renato. The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
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