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The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature
Contributor(s): Cornwell, Neil (Editor)
ISBN: 0415233666     ISBN-13: 9780415233668
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $40.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2001
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"The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature" is an engaging and accessible guide to Russian writing of the past thousand years.
The volume covers the entire span of Russian literature, from the Middle Ages to the post-Soviet period, and, of course, the Russian novel. A particular emphasis is given to the works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when Russian literature achieved worldwide recognition through the works of writers such as Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Nabokov and Solzhenitsyn. Covering such diverse subjects as women's writing, Russian literary theory, socialist realism and emigre writing, leading international scholars open up the wonderful diversity of Russian literature.
With recommended lists of further reading and an excellent, up-to-date bibliography, "The Routledge Companion to" "Russian Literature" is the perfect guide for students and general readers alike.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union
Dewey: 891.709
LCCN: 2001019769
Series: Routledge Companions (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.16" W x 9.2" (0.97 lbs) 282 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature is an engaging and accessible guide to Russian writing of the past thousand years.
The volume covers the entire span of Russian literature, from the Middle Ages to the post-Soviet period, and explores all the forms that have made it so famous: poetry, drama and, of course, the Russian novel. A particular emphasis is given to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when Russian literature achieved world-wide recognition through the works of writers such as Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Nabokov and Solzhenitsyn. Covering a range of subjects including women's writing, Russian literary theory, socialist realism and émigré writing, leading international scholars open up the wonderful diversity of Russian literature.
With recommended lists of further reading and an excellent up-to-date general bibliography, The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature is the perfect guide for students and general readers alike.