| Prologue: A Novel for the Beginning of the 1860s Contributor(s): Chernyshevsky, Nikolai (Author), Katz, Michael R. (Introduction by), Katz, Michael R. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810111659 ISBN-13: 9780810111653 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: 'Prologue' was written after years of political activity and subsequent punishment, with neither interference of censorship or hope of publication. As a result it contains both a chronicle of Chernyshevsky's own experience and the clearest statement of his social and political views. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95-18082 |
| Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.13" W x 9.26" (1.23 lbs) 359 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nikolai Chernyshevsky (1828-89) is most famous as the author of What is To Be Done? (1863), one of the most inspirational texts in the Russian revolutionary movement. But during his long and lonely Siberian exile Chernyshevsky wrote Prologue, an novel of extraordinary interest for anyone eager to understand the course of Russian history and the political debate over democratization taking place in Russia today. Set in Petersburg in 1857, on the eve of the great reforms that would include the emancipation of the serfs, Prologue expresses the author's hostility toward Russian liberals, their halfhearted attempts to alleviate the sufferings of peasants, and their insufficient support of revolution, while also exploring the obstacles in the path of women's social and personal development in the Victorian era. Michael R. Katz's new translation makes this singular work available to the non-Russian reading public for the first time. |