History of Russian Literature - Comprising A History of Russian Literature Contemporary Russian

This book, first published in 1949, is an abridged version of Mirsky's classic two texts on Russian literature, updated with a postscript by the editor assessing the development of Soviet literature. Beautifully written, Mirsky's analyses of Russian writers and literature go hand in hand with his takes on Russian history. From the birth of Russian literature to its Soviet form, this book is a lively and comprehensive examination by one of its leading scholars.

List of contents

Part 1. To 1881  1. The Literature of Old Russia  2. The Passing of Old Russia  3. The Age of Classicism  4. The Golden Age of Poetry  5. The Age of Gogol  6. The Age of Realism: the Novelists  7. The Age of Realism: Journalists, Poets and Playwrights  8. The Age of Realism: the Novelists (II)  Part 2. After 1881  9. The End of a Great Age  10. The Eighties and Early Nineties  11. Prose Fiction After Chekhov  12. The New Movements of the Nineties  13. The Symbolists  14. Poetry After 1910

Summary

This book, first published in 1949, is an abridged version of Mirsky’s classic two texts on Russian literature, updated with a postscript by the editor assessing the development of Soviet literature. Beautifully written, Mirsky’s analyses of Russian writers and literature go hand in hand with his takes on Russian history.

Product details

• Authors: D.S. Mirsky
• Assisted by: Francis J. Whitfield (Editor), Whitfield Francis J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367740535
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74053-5
• No. of pages: 556
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Russian and Soviet Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Biography: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Politics & government, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Literature: history and criticism