Russian Literature, Modernism and the Visual Arts

In the Russian modernist era, literature threw itself open to influences from other art forms. This collection of essays by leding British, American and Russian scholars draws on a rich variety of material to demonstrate the crative power and dynamism of Russian culture on the boundaries. Contents: Introduction: boundaries of the spectacular; 1. The art reflected in literature; 2. Adaptations, collaborations, disputes and rapprochements: russian literature, visual arts, and performance.