Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Beginning with the revolutions of the early twentieth century, chapters. This course traces the development of russian literature from the end of the eighteenth century, when russian writers first began to conceptualize a great national literature, to the beginning of the twentieth century, when the golden era of russian nineteenthcentury prose seemed over. The cambridge history of russian literature edited by. After a brief period of relative openness compared to what followed in the 1920s, literature became a tool of state. A descriptive bibliography, revised lectures on russian literature a53 according to fredson bowers introduction, lectures on russian literature preserves all that has come down to us from nabokovs own manuscripts of the lectures on russian authors given in the cornell russian literature in translation courses.
This page intentionally left blank the cambridge introduction torussian literature russian literature arrived late. This excellent reference book is a collection of 11 essays by 11 different scholars on the various schools and periods in russian literature, followed by an exhaustive bibliography assembled by moser. All the major russian social groups have separate chapters and the volume. After a brief period of relative openness compared to what followed in the 1920s, literature became a tool of state propaganda. The unusual shape of russian literary history has been the source of numerous controversies. A history of russian literature from its beginnings to 1900.
Periods in the history of old russian literature history of. Russian literature throve in the 19th century as well thanks to such famous names as alexander griboyedov, ivan krylov, alexander pushkin, mikhail lermontov, nikolai gogol and many others. What periods can we distinguish in the history of russian literature from the eleventh to seventeenth centuries. The cambridge history of russian literature revised editioncambridge histories online cambridge university press, 2. While oprah chose anna karenina for her book club in 2004, and crime and punishment is popular among high school teachers of english, 20th and 21 st century russian works are generally less well. Publication date 1989 topics russian literature history and criticism publisher cambridge england. Autobiographical statements in twentiethcentury russian.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading. Oct 26, 2011 russian literature arrived late on the european scene. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Russian literature postrevolutionary literature britannica. The cambridge history of russian literature edited by charles moser april 1992. Russian literature in the 1980s efim ethird bibliography charles moser index. The cambridge history of russian literature, revised. It is often not stated clearly in descriptions that moser is the editor, not author. The roots of russian literature can be traced to the middle ages, when epics and chronicles in old east slavic were composed. Robert darntons work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past. Kahn, andrew, lipovetsky, mark, reyfman, irina, sandler, stephanie. Russian literature 371 russian literature from its beginnings to gogol fall 2007 tu th 1. Nielsen book data summary an updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989, incorporating a new chapter on the latest developments in russian literature and additional bibliographical information.
Russian literature history and great russian writers. The cambridge history of russian literature edited hy charles a. Istoriia gosudarstva rossiiskogo history of the russian state 1824 h ivan krylov russia, 1768. A history of russian literature andrew kahn, mark lipovetsky, irina reyfman, and stephanie sandler. The bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 radically changed russian literature. Russian literature arrived late on the european scene. Skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Russian literature, the body of written works produced in the russian language, beginning with the christianization of kievan rus in the late 10th century. Within several generations, its great novelists had shocked and then conquered the world.
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Thats when russian classical poets pushkin, lermontov and novelists gogol, turgenev, tolstoy, dostoevsky had created their masterpieces. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. A history of russian literature from its beginnings to. Russian literature history and criticism publisher new york.
Jun 01, 1989 the cambridge history of russian literature book. The cambridge history of japanese literature download. This comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989 and since thoroughly updated, provides chronological coverage of russian literature over the past thousand years, giving particular attention to the great flowering of russian literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The cambridge introduction to russian literature cambridge.
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