Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle by Frederick H. White

In the age of skepticism, repetition, and nostalgia for olden time dynamism a reading of these texts brings back a sense of freshness, power and fearlessness of Russian art in its heyday.' - Evgeny Dobrenko, University of Sheffield 'One of the few volumes on the Russian avant-garde designed with an undergraduate audience in mind, Dennis Ioffe and Fredrick White's critical reader proves a welcome addition to the field.

It will be enormously useful to students of Russian culture in the modern era as well as anyone seeking a better understanding of modernism in general-an artistic movement to which Russian artists made particularly brilliant contributions.' - Thomas Seifrid, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Southern California 'Stimulating and comprehensive, gracefully written, filled with fascinating details and counterintuitive conclusions, this essential introduction to the Russian Avant-Garde offers a convincing and perceptive analysis of the Russian radical aesthetic thought and brings valuable new light to the most important developments in twentieth-century art. A volume like this has long been overdue. The result is a vibrant introduction to Russian aesthetic thought of the last century, as well as to cutting-edge assessments of its meaning. 'A remarkable volume, The Russian Avant-Garde and Radical Modernism brings together the most significant movements and figures in Russian experimental art, cinema, and literature of the early twentieth century (both pre-Soviet and Soviet) and presents them in commentary by leading scholars in the field.

Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle by Frederick H. White