Jfk: Reckless Youth by Nigel Hamilton
Yankees in Petrograd, Bosheviks in New York examines the myth of America as the Other World at the moment of transition from the Russian to the Soviet version. The material on which Milla Fedorova bases her study comprises a curious phenomenon of the waning nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--pilgrimages to America by prominent Russian writers who then created travelogues. The writers' missions usually consisted of two parts: the physical journey, which most of the writers considered as ideologically significant, and the literary fruit of the pilgrimages. Until now, the American travelogue has not been recognized and studied as a particular kind of narration with its own canons. Arguing that the primary cultural model for Russian writers' journey to America is Dante's descent into Hell, Federova ultimately reveals how America is represented as the country of u201cdead soulsu201d where objects and machines have exchanged places with people, where relations between the living and the dead are inverted.
Actor and musician James Langton, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has performed many voice-overs and narrated numerous audiobooks, including the international bestseller The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud by Julia Navarro and The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679412168 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679412166 |
| Title | Jfk: Reckless Youth |
| Author | Nigel Hamilton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1992-11-10 |
| Number of pages | 922 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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