TY - BOOK ID - 146093661 TI - From orientalism to cultural capital : the myth of Russia in British literature of the 1920s AU - Soboleva, Olga AU - Wrenn, Angus James PY - 2017 PB - Oxford, United Kingdom : Peter Lang, DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - History and criticism. KW - Russia KW - In literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146093661 AB - From Orientalism to Cultural Capital presents a fascinating account of the wave of Russophilia that pervaded British literary culture in the early twentieth century. The authors bring a new approach to the study of this period, exploring the literary phenomenon through two theoretical models from the social sciences: Orientalism and the notion of «cultural capital» associated with Pierre Bourdieu. Examining the responses of leading literary practitioners who had a significant impact on the institutional transmission of Russian culture, they reassess the mechanics of cultural dialogism, mediation and exchange, casting new light on British perceptions of modernism as a transcultural artistic movement and the ways in which the literary interaction with the myth of Russia shaped and intensified these cultural views. ER -