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Rilke, Mann & Dostoevsky (fwd)
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From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
By chance I came across a review of Russia Under Western Eyes (Martin Malia,
Belknap Press) which makes this interesting claim:
Finally then to Malia's fourth attitude, of Russia as a "barbaric yet vital
soul." Westerners delight in the exceptional, nonrational Russia.Suddenly
the country is found to be sublime entertainment for the beleaguered modern
spirit. This is the Russia that many will forever assciate with Dostoevsky
and which was doubly transmitted to the West through the enthusiasms of
Rilke and Thomas Mann.
Leslie Chamberlain, Los Angeles Times Book Review Section May 16, 1999
By chance I came across a review of Russia Under Western Eyes (Martin Malia,
Belknap Press) which makes this interesting claim:
Finally then to Malia's fourth attitude, of Russia as a "barbaric yet vital
soul." Westerners delight in the exceptional, nonrational Russia.Suddenly
the country is found to be sublime entertainment for the beleaguered modern
spirit. This is the Russia that many will forever assciate with Dostoevsky
and which was doubly transmitted to the West through the enthusiasms of
Rilke and Thomas Mann.
Leslie Chamberlain, Los Angeles Times Book Review Section May 16, 1999