Rewriting Capitalism: Literature and the Market in Late Tsarist Russia and the Kingdom of Poland

Product description Review ... well-written and engaging. Its comparative method is successful: ... an elegant and thoughtful study that will surely give rise to further research in the years to come.-- "Seer"In this ambitious examination of the impact of capitalism on Russian and Polish literature at turn-of-the-century, . . . Holmgren has produced a timely, original, insightful and accessible book. . . . A wide range of readers will derive any number of insights from this concise, sophisticated, and engaging work.-- "H-Net"It is good to see a study of the Russian Empire that gives serious treatment to a non-Russian culture.-- " Journal of Modern History"Nothing like this book exists right now, and I cannot imagine who in Slavic [studies] would have the command of both Russian and Polish sources, as well as the necessary knowledge of the two cultures, to author anything comparable.-- "Helena Goscilo, University of Pittsburgh"Rigorously argued and wonderfully written, this book compares the emerging ideas of a literary market in Russia and Poland. The material is well chosen, the analysis convincing and insightful. A wide range of readers, including Slavists and students of culture . . . will learn from its intellectual high spirits and very smart ideas.-- "Stephanie Sandler, Amherst College"The book combines sophisticated scholarship with solid research and an elegant conversational style that smoothly embraces the most difficult analytical concepts.-- "Bozena Shallcross, Indiana University"This book has much to offer a wide audience of literary scholars and historians. Holmgren has used her prodigious linguistic skills to write a fascinating study of Russian and Polish literary culture. In the process, she has asked us all to rethink our understanding of what really divides Europe into East and West.-- "American Historical Review"What happens to Russian and Polish literature in the contemporary climate of commercialization? . . . Holmgren's book manages, seemingly effortlessly, to span literary analysis, historical insights, as well as a lively commentary on book production, while not losing sight of the central issue: what happens when a book becomes a product in cultures that revere books and writers.-- "The Polish Review" About the Author Beth Holmgren is professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Woman's Works in Stalin's Time: On Lidiia Chukoskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam.