Isaac Babel and the Self-Invention of Odessan Modernism

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Isaac Babel and the Self-Invention of Odessan Modernism Rebecca Jane Stanton NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS / EVANSTON, ILLINOIS Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu This book has been published with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Harriman Institute, Columbia University, sponsors the Studies ofthe Harriman Institute in the beliefthat their publication contributes to scholarly research and public understanding. In this way the Institute, while not necessarily endorsing their conclusions, is pleased to make available the results of some of the research conducted under its auspices. Copyright © 2012 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2012. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States ofAmerica 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stanton, Rebecca Jane, 1972Isaac Babel and the self-invention of Odessan modernism / Rebecca Jane Stanton. p. cm. - (Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8101-2832-3 (cloth: a1k. paper) 1. Babel', I. (Isaak), 1894-1940-Criticism and interpretation. 2. Kataev, Valentin, 1897-1986-Criticism and interpretation. 3. Olesha, rumKarlovich, 1899-1960-Criticism and interpretation. 4. Russian literature-20th centuryHistory and criticism. 5. Russian Iiterature-Ukraine-Odesa-History and criticism. 6. Modernism (Literature)-Russia (Federation). 7. Odesa (Ukraine)In literature. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in Russian literature and theory. PG3476.B2Z7992012 891.7342-dc23 2012002271 @> The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofthe American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence ofPaper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For Edward Tayler, who taught me to read ...