{"product_id":"the-wax-persona-by-yury-tynyanov-translated-by-colin-bearne-paperback","title":"The Wax Persona: by Yury Tynyanov. Translated by Colin Bearne - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Bearne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmanda Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eJaki Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Prepared by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wax Persona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby Yury Tynyanov. Translated by Colin Bearne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not an easy read, in whatever language, for those unaquainted with Russian history from the time of Peter the Great, and this book is aimed precisely at Russian intellectuals who do know at least a version of this history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe literary grouping of the 1920s and 1930s, to which Tynyanov loosely adhered, Russian Formalism, did produce some unfamiliar kinds of text of which The Wax Persona is representative. It is a somewhat disconnected narrative consisting more of a set of tableaux with echoes of grotesquerie and ornamentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObjects have immense importance in the tale and in particular tactile and sensory reactions to them. The use of archaisms reflects the fact that words themselves for this writer carry an associative and iconic loading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn some ways this is almost the screenplay for a film that was never made and this explains many of the visual techniques used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation is offered as an attempt to introduce a non-Russian readership to one of Tynyanov's undeservedly lesser known works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781055250720,"sku":"9781916012806","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/200c21d54f7b08856f89311edae7d9fd.webp?v=1780542113","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-wax-persona-by-yury-tynyanov-translated-by-colin-bearne-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}