Scholars of literature, history, and other humanities explore the irrational dimension of Russian literature and culture during the past two centuries. They cover the place of irrationalism in the Russian history of ideas, Russian classics and their influence in space and time, The Silver Age, Russian culture in the 20th century and beyond, and Soviet and post-Soviet literature. Among the topics are irrationalism and antisemitism in late-tsarist literature, the philosophical sources and nature of Dostoevskii's anti-rationalism, irrational elements in Ivan Bunin's short story "The Grammar of Love," irrationalist aspects in Russian art from Fedotov to Malevich and into the beyond, and Vladimir Sorokin and the return of history. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)