Caryl Emerson (New Jersey Princeton University)

The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introduction explains the key themes and forms of each major period, with close readings of canonical writers including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Fully accessible to students and readers without Russian, the volume includes a glossary of key Russian terms as well as a list of useful secondary works.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780521606523
• ISBN-10: 0521606527
• Artikelnr.: 23429123

Autorenporträt

Caryl Emerson is A. Watson Armour III Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Critical models, committed readers, and three Russian ideas; 2. Heroes and their plots; 3. Traditional narratives; 4. Western eyes on Russian realities: the eighteenth century; 5. The astonishing nineteenth century: Romanticisms; 6. Realisms: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov; 7. Symbolist and modernist world-building: three cities, three novels, and the devil; 8. The Stalin years: socialist realism, anti-Fascist fairy tales, wilderness; 9. Coming to terms and seeking other terms: from the First Thaw (1956) to the end of the millennium; Postscript: the Russian word in a fluid world; Notes; Pronunciations and definitions of Russian words, proper names, and place names occurring in the text (with first occurrence noted); The Russian literary canon in English; Guide to further reading.

Rezensionen

'Apart from the advanced beginner, there are many other categories of reader who will derive profit and enjoyment from this book. ... you will embark on a literary tour ... that challenges preconceived notions and liberates the imagination.' Modern Language Review