Description
| Product ID: | 9781644690789 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Companions to Russian Literature |
| Title: | A Reader's Companion to Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita |
| Authors: | Author: J.A.E. Curtis |
| Page Count: | 194 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews & guides |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Offers readers a biographical introduction, and analyses of the structure and the main themes of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. More curious readers will also enjoy the accounts of the novel's writing and publication history, alongside analyses of the work's astonishing linguistic complexity. Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin’s Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes and moments of great beauty. Readers are often left tantalized but uncertain how to understand its rich meanings. To what extent is it political? Or religious? And how should we interpret the Satanic Woland? This reader’s companion offers readers a biographical introduction, and analyses of the structure and the main themes of the novel. More curious readers will also enjoy the accounts of the novel’s writing and publication history, alongside analyses of the work’s astonishing linguistic complexity and a review of available English translations. |
| Imprint Name: | Academic Studies Press |
| Publisher Name: | Academic Studies Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-01-02 |