Pelevin and unfreedom : poetics, politics, metaphysics / Sofya Khagi.

Author
Khagi, Sofya [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
  • ©2021
Description
xi, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    • Studies in Russian literature and theory [More in this series]
    • Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory
    Summary note
    "This is the first book-length English-language study of Victor Pelevin, one of the most significant and popular Russian authors of the post-Soviet era. The text explores Pelevin's sustained reflections on the subversion of freedom"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction. Fifty Shapes of Grid
    • Techno-Consumer Dystopia
    • After the Fall
    • Language Games
    • Posthumanism
    • Biomorphic Monstrosities
    • Can Digital Men Think?
    • History
    • Not with a Bang but a Whimper
    • Butterflies in Sunflower Oil
    • Intertext and Irony
    • Somersaults of Thought
    • The Total Art of Irony
    • Conclusion. A Christmas Carol with Qualifiers.
    ISBN
    • 9780810143029 (paperback)
    • 081014302X (paperback)
    • 9780810143036 (hardcover)
    • 0810143038 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2020031189
    OCLC
    1176321620
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