Sentimental Journey: Memoirs 1917-1922

by Viktor Shklovsky, Richard Sheldon (Translator), Sidney Monas (Introduction)

Overview

"One would be hard pressed to decide whether the book is more notable for what it says or for how it says it . . . Viktor Shklovsky's A Sentimental Journey is highly recommended." Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564783547
Publisher:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Series:	Russian Literature
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 8.51(h) x 1.04(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) was a leading figure in the Russian Formalist movement of the 1920s and had a profound effect on twentieth-century Russian literature. Several of his books have been translated into English, including "Zoo, or Letters Not about Love, Third Factory, Theory of Prose, A Sentimental Journey, Energy of Delusion", and "Literature and Cinematography", and "Bowstring".

Sidney Monas is Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

	Making Armored Cars and Novels: A Literary Introduction	ix
	Driving Nails with a Samovar: A Historical Introduction	xxvii
Part 1	Revolution and the Front	7
Part 2	Writing Desk	131
	Transliteration System	279
	Notes	281
	Glossaries	287
	Index of Names	301

Editorial Reviews

One would be hard pressed to decide whether the book is more notable for what it says or for how it says it... Viktor Shklovsky's A Sentimental Journey is highly recommended.

Library Journal

"One would be hard pressed to decide whether the book is more notable for what it says or for how it says it... Viktor Shklovsky's A Sentimental Journey is highly recommended." — Library Journal

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