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Istoriia Odnoi Knigi

Viatka i "Ne-sovremennost`" v Russkoi Kul`ture Petrovskogo Vremeni

This book by the notable slavicist Daniel Waugh (Univ. of Washington, Seattle) studies an 18th century manuscript. The work deals with the Petrine epoch and the culture of the Russian provinces. It challenges existing paradigms about the "backwardness" of Russia and traditional interpretations of "modernization" under Peter the Great, extends one`s knowledge about the literary culture of the Viatka region. The author pays special attention to the growing local self-consciousness at the end of the 17th-early 18th centuries. Appendices include the most interesting manuscripts used in this work and other previously unpublished old Russian texts. Summary in English. 20 illustrations. Bibliography, name index.