Three Russian writers and the irrational

Description:

The idea of man as an essentially irrational being has preoccupied some of the most influential of Russian thinkers, including the three important Soviet writers considered by Dr Edwards in this book. Since the 1917 Revolution the polemic between rationalists and irrationalists has become directly relevant to the way life is lived in the Soviet Union, and a knowledge of the irrationalist point of view is essential for an understanding of much of Soviet literature and of the foundations of Soviet dissidence.

subjects: Irrationalism (Philosophy) in literature,  History and criticism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Russian fiction,  Russian literature, history and criticism,  Literature,  Russian

People: Boris Pilʹni︠a︡k (1894-1937),  Evgeniĭ Ivanovich Zami︠a︡tin (1884-1937),  Mikhail Afanasʹevich Bulgakov (1891-1940)

Times: 20th century