| Russian Women's Shorter Fiction: An Anthology, 1835-1860 Contributor(s): Andrew, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 019815884X ISBN-13: 9780198158844 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $251.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: This anthology offers an introduction to the first major flowering of Russian women's writing between 1835 and 1860. The work produced during this period, like nearly all writing by Russian women, has been, until very recently, 'hidden from history'. None of the ten stories have been translated before and several have not been republished since their original publication in the nineteenth century. These works bear witness to the great, but hitherto neglected, contribution made by women to the overall development of Russian fiction in its formative period. The selection shows the diversity of women's writing in the period, as well as the inevitably interconnected nature of theme and treatment among the different authors. It will demonstrate to the reader, specialist and amateur alike, that women's writing in nineteenth-century Russia is an area that certainly repays further exploration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96004272 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.69 lbs) 486 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology offers an introduction to the first major flowering of Russian women's writing between the years 1835 and 1860, introducing the reader to such significant figures as Elena Gun, Mariya Zhukova, Nadezhda Durova, and Avdotya Panaeva. Newly translated, the selections show the diversity of women's writing in the period, as well as the inevitably interconnected nature of theme and treatment among different authors. |