Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Stone is assistant professor of Russian and Russian studies at Franklin and Marshall College, where he also teaches in the comparative literature program. Klappentext Russian literature is most celebrated for its Romantic and modernist poetry and 19th-century novels. While literary traditions of varying sorts have been part of Slavic and Russian culture for over a millennium, it is only since the 18th century that they came to resemble literature from the West.The Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature contains a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 100 cross-referenced entries on significant people, themes, critical issues, and the most significant genres that have formed Russian Literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russian literature.

Product details

• Authors: Stone, Jonathan Stone
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2012
• EAN: 9780810871823
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7182-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias