Russian orientalism [electronic resource] : Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration / David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: xi, 298 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 303.48/247050903 22
LOC classification:
  • DS32.9.R9 S35 2010eb
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Contents:
Introduction: What is Russian orientalism? -- The forest and the steppe -- The Petrine dawn -- Catherinian chinoiserie -- The oriental muse -- The Kazan school -- Missionary orientology -- The rise of the St. Petersburg school -- The oriental faculty -- The exotic self -- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What is Russian orientalism? -- The forest and the steppe -- The Petrine dawn -- Catherinian chinoiserie -- The oriental muse -- The Kazan school -- Missionary orientology -- The rise of the St. Petersburg school -- The oriental faculty -- The exotic self -- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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