The Energy of Honesty, or Brussels Lace, Mandel'štam, "Stolen Air", and Inner Freedom. A Visit to the Creative Workshop of Andrej Bitov's Puškinskij Dom

Ellen Chances

doi:10.1016/j.ruslit.2007.05.009

The Energy of Honesty, or Brussels Lace, Mandel'štam, "Stolen Air", and Inner Freedom. A Visit to the Creative Workshop of Andrej Bitov's Puškinskij Dom

Ellen Chances

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Abstract

The article focuses on the importance of Mandelstam as "a key" to Andrei Bitov's novel, Pushkin House. It discusses Bitov's emphasis, in Pushkin House, upon honesty about reality and upon an honest representation of reality. It discusses, in this respect, the ways in which Mandelstam is significant, in terms of Bitov's response to reading Mandelstam, and in terms of the ways in which Bitov's knowledge of Mandelstam functions in Pushkin House. The article also takes into account certain relevant features of Bitov's 'The Garden', 'Life in Windy Weather', and 'Notes from around the Corner'.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	503-529
Number of pages	27
Journal	Russian Literature
Volume	61
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ruslit.2007.05.009
State	Published - May 15 2007

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Literature and Literary Theory

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Andrei Bitov
Mandelstam
Pushkin House

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The Energy of Honesty, or Brussels Lace, Mandel'štam, "Stolen Air", and Inner Freedom. A Visit to the Creative Workshop of Andrej Bitov's Puškinskij Dom

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