Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language by Martin Meisel

Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language

Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context

Martin Meisel

168 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary challenging dark medium-paced

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This study analyzes the biblical Tower of Babel story, a cautionary tale that accounts for the diversity of languages and peoples, in Russian literature and other topographies. The author pursues its linking of language, architecture, and society ...

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