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This book, first published in 1984, is a detailed biography of Solzhenitsyn. It covers every period of his life, showing how Solzhenitsyn’s development paralleled and mirrored the development of Soviet society. At the same time, this book relates Solzhenitsyn’s life to his works.
This book, first published in 1944, is a comprehensive survey of post-revolutionary Russian literature up to the early 1940s. A huge range of writers are examined, and as a wide-ranging analysis of Soviet literature, this book has rarely been bettered.
This book, first published in 1944, is a comprehensive survey of post-revolutionary Russian literature up to the early 1940s. A huge range of writers are examined, and as a wide-ranging analysis of Soviet literature, this book has rarely been bettered.
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 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…
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…
This book, first published in 1961, traces the lives and works of six outstanding Russian authors, each of whom is interesting and important in himself, as well as for his contribution to Russian letters. Taken as a group they are a microcosm of Russian literature in the twentieth century, an age of rapid and extreme…
This book, first published in 1961, traces the lives and works of six outstanding Russian authors, each of whom is interesting and important in himself, as well as for his contribution to Russian letters. As personalities they are extremely varied, and also as artists, so much so that each of them might be studied as…
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.
