Abstract
At one pole, St. Petersburg, the rectilinear city built on desolate marshland by the sheer force of one man’s will, gazing from Russia’s northern border towards the West and modernity; at the other, Moscow, sprawling and chaotic capital of old Rus’, geographical and emotional heart of Russia. This is the central dichotomy around which Russia’s urban myth has grown, in which the country’s two largest cities are as inherently opposed as the masculine and feminine genders of their Russian (or not-so-Russian) names, Sankt-Petersburg and Moskva.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and the City |
Editors | Jeremy Tambling |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 197-214 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-137-54911-2 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-137-54910-5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Feb 2017 |
Keywords
- Urban Landscape
- City Street
- Feminine Gender
- Side Street
- Russian City