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French and Russian in Imperial Russia
Offord Derek Ryazano
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Hardcover. Explores how knowledge of French helped shape Russian identities and their views on the Russian language. This explores the profound impact of the French language and culture on Russian high society and consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It contributes to knowledge of the development of national self consciousness in Russia. Editor(s): Offord, Derek; Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara; Rjeoutski, Vladislav; Argent, Gesine. Series: Russian Language and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ADF; 2AGR; 3JF; CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
This book explores how knowledge of French helped shape Russian identities and their views on the Russian language. This is the second volume in a two volume set which explores the profound impact of the French language and culture on Russian high society and consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Volume 2 provides insights into the ways in which bilingualism was negotiated at court and among the cosmopolitan high nobility in Imperial Russia in the Age of Enlightenment and the subsequent Romantic age, when cultural nationalists began to associate national essence with the monolingual peasantry. It discusses the linguistic ... Read more
This book explores how knowledge of French helped shape Russian identities and their views on the Russian language. This is the second volume in a two volume set which explores the profound impact of the French language and culture on Russian high society and consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Volume 2 provides insights into the ways in which bilingualism was negotiated at court and among the cosmopolitan high nobility in Imperial Russia in the Age of Enlightenment and the subsequent Romantic age, when cultural nationalists began to associate national essence with the monolingual peasantry. It discusses the linguistic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Russian Language and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748695539
SKU
V9780748695539
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About Offord Derek Ryazano
Derek Offord is Research Professor in Russian at the University of Bristol. Lara Ryazanova Clarke is Senior Lecturer in Russian and Academic Director of the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Vladislav Rjeoutski is Research Fellow at the Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau. Gesine Argent is Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Bristol.
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