From Orientalism To Cultural Capital: The Myth Of Russia In British Literature Of The 1920s
by Angus Wrenn /
2017 / English / PDF
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From Orientalism to Cultural Capital
From Orientalism to Cultural Capital presents a
fascinating account of the wave of Russophilia that pervaded
British literary culture in the early twentieth century. The
authors bring a new approach to the study of this period,
exploring the literary phenomenon through two theoretical models
from the social sciences: Orientalism and the notion of «cultural
capital» associated with Pierre Bourdieu. Examining the responses
of leading literary practitioners who had a significant impact on
the institutional transmission of Russian culture, they reassess
the mechanics of cultural dialogism, mediation and exchange,
casting new light on British perceptions of modernism as a
transcultural artistic movement and the ways in which the
literary interaction with the myth of Russia shaped and
intensified these cultural views.
presents a
fascinating account of the wave of Russophilia that pervaded
British literary culture in the early twentieth century. The
authors bring a new approach to the study of this period,
exploring the literary phenomenon through two theoretical models
from the social sciences: Orientalism and the notion of «cultural
capital» associated with Pierre Bourdieu. Examining the responses
of leading literary practitioners who had a significant impact on
the institutional transmission of Russian culture, they reassess
the mechanics of cultural dialogism, mediation and exchange,
casting new light on British perceptions of modernism as a
transcultural artistic movement and the ways in which the
literary interaction with the myth of Russia shaped and
intensified these cultural views.
