
Kotik Letaev
Northwestern University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-0-8101-1626-9 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most important works of twentieth-century Russian prose, Kotik Letaev, the great symbolist novel of childhood, depicts the emergence of consciousness and its development into self-consciousness in a Russian boy growing up among the Moscow intelligentsia in the 1800s.
Kotik's experience is based on elements from Bely's own early childhood, but on a larger level his experience represents the stages of human history, the history of philosophy, and childhood language development. The story, seen through the eyes of a child from the age of three to five years, is told in complex, poetically developed adult language, rich in imagery and musical sound effects.
Kotik's experience is based on elements from Bely's own early childhood, but on a larger level his experience represents the stages of human history, the history of philosophy, and childhood language development. The story, seen through the eyes of a child from the age of three to five years, is told in complex, poetically developed adult language, rich in imagery and musical sound effects.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-1626-9 (9780810116269)
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