Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction

<p>This book takes four stories by the Russian Romantic author Vladimir Odoevsky to illustrate 'pathways' developed further by subsequent writers into modern fiction. Featured here are: the artistic (musical story) the rise of science fiction psychic aspects of the detective story and of confession in the novel. <br><br>The four chapters also examine the development of the featured categories by a wide range of subsequent writers in fiction ranging from the Romantic period up to the present century. <br><br>The study works backwards from Odoevsky's stories noting respective previous examples or traditions before proceeding to follow the 'pathways' observed into later Russian English and comparative fiction. <br><br>Whilst appealing to specialists in Russian and comparative literature these chapters are accessible to a student readership taking courses involving the main areas featured - including the arts in literature fictional artistic biography interplanetary flight and civilisations detective fiction and novelistic confession.</p>