01719nam a2200313 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002400131100002800155245006500183264003400248300001400282336002600296337002800322338002700350520076800377650006501145650002701210650002901237650002601266650001601292650002801308650002301336650004601359215084InACL20261007140913.0261007s1997    xxu               0 eng d  a9780820433462  a0820433462  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a891.709145bAUS2231 aAustin, Paul M.eauthor14aThe exotic prisoner in Russian romanticism /cPaul M. Austin 1aNew York :bPeter Lang,c1997  a214 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aBesides new themes of alienation and desires for self-fulfillment, European Romanticism brought to Russian literature the congenial themes of captivity and exotic worlds. Between 1820 and 1840 there developed an enormous literature with hosts of prisoners in exotic locales in the Caucasus.Loneliness and desire for freedom competed with elaborate descriptions of unknown peoples - Chechens, Georgians, Tatars and Circassians - to produce a literature of unparalleled brilliance, brought to a dazzling culmination by Lermontov's "Bela" in 1839. The exotic prisoner theme with its exotic trappings then disappears, leaving as its heritage the powerful themes of loneliness and introspection which other writers were subsequently to give their own unique treatment. 0aRussian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. 0aRomanticism -- Russia. 0aPrisoners in literature. 0aHistory and criticism 0aRomanticism 0aPrisoners in literature 0aRussian literature 0aRussian literature, history and criticism