| Lectures on Russian Literature Contributor(s): Nabokov, Vladimir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156027763 ISBN-13: 9780156027762 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: The author's observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. "This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians" (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 891.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.38" W x 8.04" (0.75 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The author's observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. "This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians" (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nabokov, Vladimir: - Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and essayist was awarded the National Medal for Literature for his life's work in 1973. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. He is the author of many works including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and Speak, Memory. |