The Archaeology of Anxiety: The Russian Silver Age and its Legacy
The “Silver Age” (c. 1890-1917) has been one of the most intensely studied topics in Russian literary studies, and for years scholars have been struggling with its precise definition. Firmly established in the Russian cultural psyche, it continues to influence both literature and mass media. The Archaeology of Anxiety is the first extended analysis of why the Silver Age occupies such prominence in Russian collective consciousness.\ Galina Rylkova examines the Silver Age as a cultural...
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The “Silver Age” (c. 1890-1917) has been one of the most intensely studied topics in Russian literary studies, and for years scholars have struggled with its precise definition. Firmly established in the Russian cultural psyche, it continues to influence both literature and mass media. Rylkova analyzes writings by Anna Akhmatova, Vladimir Nabokov, Boris Pasternak and Victor Erofeev to reveal how the construct of the Silver Age was perpetuated and ingrained.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: Anxiety and the Russian Silver Age 1Literature and Revolution: The Case of Aleksandr Blok 23The Russian Silver Age: Its Makers and Undertakers 45No "Room of Her Own": Anna Akhmatova's Tenure in Soviet Culture 66The Winged Eavesdropper: Kuzmin and Nabokov 108The Silver Age in Translation: Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago 127Braving the Thaw: Anna Akhmatova in the 1950s and the 1960s 154The Apocalypse Revisited: Viktor Erofeev's Russian Beauty 179Coda: The Silver Age Up Close 200Original Russian Texts 211Notes 217Index 261
