Modern Spiritualism and Russian Culture in the Age of Realism
by
Ilya Vinitsky
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
The culture of nineteenth-century Russia is often seen as dominated by realism in the arts, as exemplified by the novels of Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev, the paintings of 'the Wanderers,' and the historical operas of Modest Mussorgsky. Paradoxically, nineteenth-century Russia was also consumed with...