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Architecture of oblivion : ruins and historical consciousness in modern Russia / Andreas Schönle.

By: Publication details: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2011.Description: xii, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780875806518 :
  • 0875806511 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA2543.S6 S36 2011
Contents:
Ruins and modernity in Russian pre-Romanticism -- Lessons of the fire of Moscow in 1812 -- Aesthetics and politics in the Romantic fashion for ruins -- Between erasure and nurture : ruins and the modern city in the depth of times -- Post-revolutionary urban decay : from the return of random beauty to the dystopian loss of self -- The ruins of the blockade of Leningrad and the aesthetic struggle for survival -- Ruin as transition to timelessness in Joseph Brodsky's poetry -- The ruin as alternative reality : paper architects and the vitality of decay.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection NA 2543 .S6 S36 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5040163

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ruins and modernity in Russian pre-Romanticism -- Lessons of the fire of Moscow in 1812 -- Aesthetics and politics in the Romantic fashion for ruins -- Between erasure and nurture : ruins and the modern city in the depth of times -- Post-revolutionary urban decay : from the return of random beauty to the dystopian loss of self -- The ruins of the blockade of Leningrad and the aesthetic struggle for survival -- Ruin as transition to timelessness in Joseph Brodsky's poetry -- The ruin as alternative reality : paper architects and the vitality of decay.

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