This book, first published in 1979, provides a systematic anatomy of Russias modern authors in the context of their society at the time. Post-revolutionary Russian literature has made a profound impact on the West while still maintaining its trad...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1961, traces the lives and works of six outstanding Russian authors, each of whom is interesting and important in himself, as well as for his contribution to Russian letters. As personalities they are extremely varied...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1978, demonstrates how Dostoyevskys novels grew directly out of the pressures of their creators tormented experience and personality. It draws upon important fresh source material, and considers all Dostoyevskys wo...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1949, is an abridged version of Mirskys classic two texts on Russian literature, updated with a postscript by the editor assessing the development of Soviet literature. Beautifully written, Mirskys analyses of Russi...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1957, provides essential information on the entire field of Russian literature, as well as a great deal on literary criticism, journalism, philosophy, theatre and related subjects. Although intended primarily as a refer...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1984, was the first full biography of Solzhenitsyn. Starting with his childhood, it covers every period of his life in considerable detail, showing how Solzhenitsyns development paralleled and mirrored the developmen...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considere...Lasīt vairāk
This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history to produce some of his countrys greate...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1959, contains passages with commentary from 12 of the most important Soviet authors. They are written in varying styles, and are a key introduction to the Russian language used in the Soviet period, an analysis of th...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1943, collects together a rich variety of pre-revolutionary Russian literature as well as a host of Soviet literature. Together they reveal the dynamic character of Russian literature, and provide a useful contrast be...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1947, examines the truly vital and enduring qualities of the leading Russian writers, as literature and as interesting documents of phases of Russian history. This is one of the most striking features of Russian liter...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 2000, features analyses about and by some of the most important Russian writers of the 1980s, a period of great changes in the cultural life of Russia when the controls of Soviet communism gave way to a wide diversity...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1972, discusses Chekhovs last four plays. David Magarshack, the leading translator and biography of many of Russias greatest writers, closely examines Chekhovs work for the relevant facts about his writing. ...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1944, is a comprehensive survey of post-revolutionary Russian literature up to the early 1940s. A huge range of writers are examined, and the analysis is made in the knowledge of the sometimes considerable pressure br...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1950, is a balanced examination of Chekhovs life and work, a critical analysis of his stories and plays set against the background of his life the Russia of the day. Using Chekhovs works, biographical details, and h...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1981, examines the dramatic and tragic stories of four of the greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century, their struggle to survive the Stalin years, and their dedication to their art despite considerable persona...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1944, is a comprehensive survey of post-revolutionary Russian literature up to the early 1940s. A huge range of writers are examined, and the analysis is made in the knowledge of the sometimes considerable pressure br...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1950, is a balanced examination of Chekhovs life and work, a critical analysis of his stories and plays set against the background of his life the Russia of the day. Using Chekhovs works, biographical details, and,...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1957, provides essential information on the entire field of Russian literature, as well as a great deal on literary criticism, journalism, philosophy, theatre and related subjects. Russian literary tradition has tende...Lasīt vairāk
This set of 16 previously out-of-print titles brings together some classic scholarship on Russian writers from the Imperial and Soviet periods. Michael Scammells key biography of Solzhenitsyn and Professor Ronald Hingleys groundbreaking works co...Lasīt vairāk
