Russian Literature, Modernism and the Visual Arts

Abstract

Introduction: boundaries of the spectacular Catriona Kelly and Stephen Lovell Part I. The Arts Reflected in Literature: 1. Defining the face: observations on Dostoevskii's creative processes Konstantin Barsht 2. Painting and autobiography: Anna Prismatova's Pesok and Anna Akhmatova's Epicheskie motivy 3. Picture windows: the art of Andrei Siniavskii Jane Grayson 4. Mikhail Zoshchenko's shadow operas Alexander Zholkovsky Part II. Adaptations, Collaborations, Disputes and Rapprochements: Russian Literature, Visual Arts, and Performance: 5. 'Theatricality' as a concept in the Russian modernist movement 6. Design on drama: Chekhov and Simov Cynthia Marsh Khlebnikov eye Robin Milner-Gulland 8. Cinematic literature and literary cinema: Olesha, Room and the search for a new art form Milena Michalski 9. Meaningful voids: facelessness in Platov and Malevich Andrew Wachtel 10. Painted mirrors: landscape and self-representation in women's verbal and visual art Pamela Chester Bibliography.