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Informationen zum Autor Boris Lanin in Head of Humanities at the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia. His publications include The Prose of the Russian Emigration , published in Moscow, 1997. David Gillespie is Reader in Russian at the University of Bath, UK. His previous publications include The Twentieth Century Russian Novel: an introduction (1996) and The Life and Work of Fedor Abramov (1997). Klappentext Presents extracts from key works by the major writers of the "Golden Age" of Russian literature Vorwort Presents extracts from key works by major writers (Karamzin, Chekhov) of the "Golden Age" of Russian with introductions in Russian to each writer, together with a chronology of their work. Zusammenfassung The nineteenth century is known as the ‘golden age’of Russian literature. This edition is designed for first and second year undergraduate students as an introduction to twenty two leading writers of the period, from Karamzin to Checkhov. Concise background information on each author is given in Russian, with a chronology of major publications and extracts from key works. This anthology provides a comprehsive overview of the literature, with its emphasis on target language immersion and will also improve students’ language acquisition. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionGuide to Further Reading1. Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin2. Ivan Andreevich Krylov3. Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin4. Mikhail Iur'evich Lermontov5. Evgenii Abramovich Baratynskii6. Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevskii7. Nadezhda Andreevna Durova8. Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol'9. Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov10. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev11. Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov12. Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov13. Fedor lvanovich Tiutchev 14. Afanasii Afanas'evich Fet 15. Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin 16. Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii 17. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi 18. Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii 19. Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin 20. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov 21. Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoi 22. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Notes Vocabulary...
