| Russian Literature and the Classics Contributor(s): Barta, Peter I. (Editor), Larmour, David H. J. (Editor), Miller, Paul Allen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3718606062 ISBN-13: 9783718606061 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: "Russian Literature and the Classics" attempts to fill a gap - to date there has been no book-length, systematic study of the impact of antiquity on Russian literature and culture. While by no means claiming to offer a comprehensive approach, the authors focus on various aspects of the influence which the Classics have had on Russian literature at particularly significant junctures, such as the beginning of the nineteenth century; the age of the great Russian realist novel; the "Silver Age"; Stalin's terror; the "Thaw" after 1956, and the period just before the collapse of Soviet society. In their introductory essay, the editors offer an overview of the Classical Tradition throughout the historical continuum of European culture that provides an insight into the contrasting ways in which that tradition manifested itself in the literature of Western and Central Europe as compared to the development of the Classical Tradition in Russia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Reference |
| Dewey: 891.709 |
| LCCN: 99526597 |
| Series: Studies in Russian and European Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.08" W x 9.16" (0.62 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Russian Literature and the Classics attempts to fill a gap. To date there has been no book-length, systematic study of the impact of antiquity on Russian literature and culture. While by no means claiming to offer a comprehensive approach, the authors focus on various aspects of the influence which the Classics have had on Russian literature at particularly significant junctures - the beginning of the nineteenth century; the age of the great Russian realist novel; the "Silver Age"; Stalin's terror; the "Thaw" after 1956; and the period just before the collapse of Soviet society. In their introductory essay the editors offer an overview of the Classical Tradition. In it, they provide an insight into the contrasting ways in which that tradition manifested itself in the literatures of Western Europe and of Russia. |