Chapter 3: (Kostroma): 'Kriazhi'
Philip Cavendish
From Mining for Jewels: Evgenii Zamiatin and the Literary Stylization of Rus' (2000), pp. 61-82, doi:10.59860/td.c15bd3f
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| Part of the book: Mining for Jewels Philip Cavendish MHRA Texts and Dissertations 51 Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association Abstract. The opening lines of 'Kriazhi', which picture a forest so dense that a person can walk for an entire day without meeting another soul, establish the themes of isolation and marginality with an explicitness rare in Zamiatin's prose fiction. For the first time, moreover, this entity is given a sobriquet, Rus', with all its connotations of primordial solidity, strength, and durability. Full text. This contribution is published as Open Access and can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as a PDF in your web browser, here: |
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