Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

By:

Catriona Kelly

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Very Short Introductions

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This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book will uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after hime, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West.

Author Biography:

Catriona Kelly is a Fellow of New College, Oxford, and the author of A History of Russian Women's Writing (OUP) and co-editor of Russian Cultural Studies (OUP).

Release date Australia

August 23rd, 2001

Author

Catriona Kelly

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

20 halftones, 2 maps

Pages

192

Series

Very Short Introductions

Dimensions

115x179x11

ISBN-13

9780192801449

Product ID

2008869

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