The Author as Hero: Self and Tradition in Bulgakov, Pasternak, and Nabokov

Justin Weir develops a persuasive analysis of the complex relationship between authorial self-reflection and literary tradition in three of the most famous Russian novels of the first half of the twentieth Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago, and Nabokov’s The Gift. With Weir’s innovative interpretation, and its compelling historical, cultural, and theoretical insights, The Author as Hero offers a new view of an important moment in the evolution of Russian literature.