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A Reader's Companion to Mikhail Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita

By J. A. E. Curtis

Book information

Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Year
2019
ISBN
1644690780, 9781644690789
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (24397193 bytes)
Series
Companions to Russian Literature
Pages
194\98
Topic
Literature\\Prose
Time added
2021-03-02 13:29:25
BulgakovMester and MargaritaRussian literature

Description

Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin’s Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes and moments of great beauty. Readers are often left tantalized but uncertain how to understand its rich meanings. To what extent is it political? Or religious? And how should we interpret the Satanic Woland? This reader’s companion offers readers a biographical introduction, and analyses of the structure and the main themes of the novel. More curious readers will also enjoy the accounts of the novel’s writing and publication history, alongside analyses of the work’s astonishing linguistic complexity and a review of available English translations.

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