Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler

Informationen zum Autor Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791-1859) is considered one of nineteenth-century Russia's finest prose stylists; he is best knwn outside of Russia for his great autobiographical trilogy: A Family Chronicle , Childhood Years of a Bagrov Grandson , and Memoirs . Aksakov's Notes on Fishing is also published by Northwestern University Press. Kevin Windle is a professor in the Department of Modern European Languages at the Australian National University. Klappentext Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is filled with precise descriptions of bird behaviour, observations of their life cycles, and lyrical discourses on the habitats of the Russian steppe. Aksakov's nostalgic fondness for his homeland permeates his Notes, and his passion for the habits of his subjects provides a stark contrast with his enthusiasm for the shooting - and eating - of his quarry. Zusammenfassung Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is filled with precise descriptions of bird behaviour! observations of their life cycles! and lyrical discourses on the habitats of the Russian steppe. Aksakov's nostalgic fondness for his homeland permeates his Notes! and his passion for the habits of his subjects provides a stark contrast with his enthusiasm for the shooting - and eating - of his quarry.

Product details

• Authors: Sergei Aksakov, Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov
• Assisted by: Kevin Windle (Translation)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9780810128613
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2861-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in Russian Literature; Studies in Russian Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies