Past and Thoughts - An Annotated Critical Edition

Alexander Herzen's Past and Thoughts was the most influential memoir in tsarist Russia. Passionate and insightful, Herzen watched both eagerly and warily as Europeans sought liberation via the modern nation-state. The first new English-language translation in a century, this annotated edition welcomes a new generation of readers.

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Alexander Herzen

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Ivanovich Herzen
• Assisted by: Kathleen F. Parthé (Translation), Robert N. Harris (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 21.04.2026
• EAN: 9780674495104
• ISBN: 978-0-674-49510-4
• Illustrations: 1 illus.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Russia, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Memoirs, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Literature: history & criticism, Empires & historical states, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Literature: history and criticism, Russian tsarist empire, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs