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"Thrills of horror": Siberia and the American melodramatic imagination / Thomas M. Barrett.
Title: | "Thrills of horror": Siberia and the American melodramatic imagination / Thomas M. Barrett. |
Author(s): | Barrett, Thomas M. |
Date: | 2005. |
Publisher: | Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang |
In: | Siberian saga : a history of Russia's wild east. (2005.), |
Abstract: | Examines America's contrasting views of Siberia in century before 1917 revolution. Focuses on two representations: Siberia as dark realm which sucked up victims; Siberia as frontier of regeneration where political exiles seized freedom and brought about transformation of Russia. Highlights melodramatic manner in which Siberia was portrayed as land of extremes. Reviews American literary works associated with Siberia, including Count Bernyawsky, The Exile by Reynolds, Michael Strogoff, and Kennan's Siberia and the exile system. |
Notes: | In: The Siberian saga : a history of Russia's wild east / Eva-Maria Stolberg, ed. |
Keywords: | 93 -- History. 1 -- Philosophy. 316 -- Sociology. 82 -- Literature. V -- History. (*501) -- Russia (Federation). |
SPRI record no.: | 185124 |
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