Hunting nature : Ivan Turgenev and the organic world /

"When we take seriously the effect Ivan Turgenev's lifelong passion for hunting had on his literary craft, we dramatically deepen our appreciation of the rich and complex ways one of Russia's most beloved writers depicted the natural world and the place of human beings within it"...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hodge, Thomas P. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2020.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv104t9jm
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Hunting Writer : An Ecocritical Approach
  • Catching Nature by the Tail
  • The Gun Before the Lyre : Turgenev Afield
  • "A Different Kind of Game" : Notes of a Hunter
  • Thinking Oneself into Nature : The Aksakov Reviews and Their Aftermath
  • Nature and Nidification : "Journey to the Forest-Belt," Rudin, A Gentry Nest
  • Life at the Lek : On the Eve, "First Love," Fathers and Children
  • Conclusion : "I'm a Sportsman": Deviations and Doubt.