The Twentieth-Century Russian Novel - An Introduction

- A student''s guide to the 20th century Russian novelEight of Russia''s most popular and significant novels are presented in this important new guide for students. Works include:- "We" by Evgenii Zamiatin- "Red Cavalry" by Isaak Babel- "Envy" by Iurii Olesha- "How the Steel Was Tempered" by Nikolai Ostrovskii- "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov- "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak- "Cancer Ward" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn- "Pushkin House" by Andrei BitovIn each chapter, David Gillespie examines one novel in detail and explores the career of the author and the critical reception of the work. Throughout, considerable reference is made to recently published scholarship and archival materials to provide students and scholars of Russian and Comparative Literature with a guide to these important Russian authors and their place in the world of literature. The book also includes an extensive bibliography of secondary literature and contains textual references in both the original Russian and in English translation.>

Product details

• Authors: D. Gillespie, David Gillespie
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9781859730836
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-083-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Historical Perspectives on Mod; Historical Perspectives on Mod
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Russian, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form