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This book, first published in 1950, is a balanced examination of Chekhov’s life and work, a critical analysis of his stories and plays set against the background of his life the Russia of the day. Using Chekhov’s works, biographical details, and his letters, this book is a comprehensive critical study of the writer and the…
This book, first published in 1950, is a balanced examination of Chekhov’s life and work, a critical analysis of his stories and plays set against the background of his life the Russia of the day. Using Chekhov’s works, biographical details, and his letters, this book is a comprehensive critical study of the writer and the…
This book, first published in 1959, contains passages with commentary from 12 of the most important Soviet authors. They are lively and typical passages, written in varying styles, depicting historical events such as the 1917 Revolution, collectivisation and the death of Stalin, as well as the everyday side of Soviet life. They are a key…
This book, first published in 1959, contains passages with commentary from 12 of the most important Soviet authors. They are lively and typical passages, written in varying styles, depicting historical events such as the 1917 Revolution, collectivisation and the death of Stalin, as well as the everyday side of Soviet life. They are a key…
This book, first published in 1978, demonstrates how Dostoyevsky’s novels grew directly out of the pressures of their creator’s tormented experience and personality. It draws upon important fresh source material, and considers all Dostoyevsky’s works, the ideas they contain, their artistic success and critical reception.
This book, first published in 1978, demonstrates how Dostoyevsky’s novels grew directly out of the pressures of their creator’s tormented experience and personality. Ronald Hingley draws upon important fresh source material, which includes the definitive Soviet edition of Dostoyevsky’s works with drafts and variants, Soviet research on the circumstances of his father’s death, and a…
This book, first published in 1981, examines four of the greatest Russian poets, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetayeva, their struggle to survive the Stalin years, and their dedication to their art despite considerable personal danger.
This book, first published in 1981, examines four of the greatest Russian poets, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetayeva, their struggle to survive the Stalin years, and their dedication to their art despite considerable personal danger.
This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history to produce some of his country’s greatest poetry and its most significant modern novel.
This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history to produce some of his country’s greatest poetry and its most significant modern novel.
This book, first published in 1979, provides a systematic anatomy of Russia’s modern authors in the context of their society at the time. Professor Hingley places their lives and work firmly in the setting of the USSR’s social and political structure.
This book, first published in 1979, provides a systematic anatomy of Russia’s modern authors in the context of their society at the time. Professor Hingley places their lives and work firmly in the setting of the USSR’s social and political structure.
This book, first published in 1977, analyses the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers. It examines their environment: the geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of the competing forces of cohesion and disruption in imperial society.
This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considered from the point of view of geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of individual Tsars…
