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COPYRIGHT 2004 Modern Humanities Research Association
Ol'ga Freidenberg's Works and Days. By NINA PERLINA. Bloomington, IN: Slavica. 2002. vi+288 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-89357-304-3.
Nina Perlina's new book on the life and scholarship of the Soviet scholar Ol'ga M. Freidenberg builds on her earlier works devoted to various aspects of Freidenberg's academic activity in the fields of mythology, folklore, literary and cultural history, and philosophical aesthetics. The monograph does not only synthesize the author's extensive research, but also serves as metaspace for a philological symposium between Freidenberg and her hypothetical 'like-minded colleagues and interlocutors', whose lack in the scholar's real life prevented Freidenberg's innovative ideas from achieving a proper understanding and appreciation. Furthermore, even in present-day research Freidenberg's unusual biography and academic career have been repeatedly misinterpreted, while her original ideas...
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