Reference Guide to Russian LiteratureNeil Cornwell First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public. |
Contents
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From Byron to Shakespeare by David M Bethea | 18 |
The Classic Russian Novel by Richard Freeborn | 25 |
Fedor Dostoevskii The Overcoat | 27 |
Womens Writing in Russia by Catriona Kelly | 35 |
PostRevolutionary Russian Theatre by Birgit Beumers | 45 |
Socialist Realism in Soviet Literature by Katerina Clark | 55 |
Russian Literature in the PostSoviet Period by Alla Latynina | 64 |
Sergei Dovlatov TwentySix Men and a Girl | 225 |
Vladimir Dudintsev My Childhood My Apprenticeship | 266 |
Nadezhda Durova The Life of Klim Samgin | 355 |
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Notes on Advisers and Contributors | 963 |
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