Dombey in Zhitomir, Pip in Taganrog: reading Dickens ‘as if for life’ in Russia

Emily Finer

doi:10.5699/modelangrevi.114.2.0316

Dombey in Zhitomir, Pip in Taganrog: reading Dickens ‘as if for life’ in Russia

Emily Finer

Russian

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Abstract

Many Russian writers have been eager to demonstrate their intense childhood attachment to the novels of Charles Dickens. This article focuses on the narrative strategies used by Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921) and Nelli Morozova (1924–2015) in their autobiographies to convey the importance of reading Dickens to their formation as writers. It argues that David Copperfield offers a useful model for understanding how Korolenko and Morozova write about reading, and that, rather than distancing Dickens and his characters from their global readership, translations increase proximity and facilitate empathetic readings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	316-335
Journal	Modern Language Review
Volume	114
Issue number	2
Early online date	1 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.114.2.0316
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019

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Emily Finer
- ef50st-andrews.acuk
- Russian - Senior Lecturer
- School of Modern Languages
Person: Academic

2 Chapter
1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Article

Introduction: Forum: early Soviet translation of English literature
Finer, E., Hansen, J. & Budrin, P., 30 Aug 2022, In: Slavic and East European Journal. 66, 1, p. 2-7 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Remaking Charles Dickens for 21st-century Russia
Finer, E., 20 Apr 2022, Oxford research encyclopedia of literature. Lynch, D. S. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 22 p. (Oxford research encyclopedias).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Dickens in twentieth-century Russia
Finer, E., 15 Aug 2013, The Reception of Charles Dickens in Europe. Hollington, M. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury, Vol. 1. p. 103-120 18 p. (The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe).
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Introduction: Forum: early Soviet translation of English literature

Remaking Charles Dickens for 21st-century Russia

Dickens in twentieth-century Russia

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