A History of 18th Century Russian Literature
Title | A History of 18th Century Russian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | William Edward Brown |
Publisher | Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ardis Publishers |
Pages | 704 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
The First Epoch
Title | The First Epoch PDF eBook |
Author | Luba Golburt |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Pres |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2014-07-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0299298140 |
In the shadow of Pushkin's Golden Age, Russia's eighteenth-century culture was relegated to an obscurity hardly befitting its actually radical legacy. Why did nineteenth-century Russians put the eighteenth century so quickly behind them? How does a meaningful present become a seemingly meaningless past? Interpreting texts by Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Pushkin, Viazemsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and others, Luba Golburt finds surprising answers.
A History of Eighteenth Century Russian Literature
Title | A History of Eighteenth Century Russian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | William E. Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1980-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780882333427 |
Three Russian Tales of the Eighteenth Century
Title | Three Russian Tales of the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Mikhail Chulkov |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2012-06-15 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1501756648 |
For those who cannot read the language of the original texts, the lively and varied world of eighteenth-century Russian literature has been largely inaccessible. In this valuable collection, expert translator David Gasperetti presents three seminal tales that express the major literary, social, and philosophical concerns of late-eighteenth-century Russia. The country's first bestseller, Matvei Komarov's Vanka Kain tells the story of a renowned thief and police spy and is also an excellent historical source on the era's criminal underworld. Mikhail Chulkov's The Comely Cook is a cross between Moll Flanders, with its comic emphasis on a woman of ill-repute who struggles to secure her place in society, and Tristram Shandy, with its parody of the conventions of novel writing. Finally, Nikolai Karamzin's Poor Liza, the story of a young woman who kills herself over a failed love affair, set the standard for writing sentimentalist fiction in Russia. Taken as a whole, these three works outline the beginnings of modern prose fiction in Russia and also illuminate the literary culture that would give rise to the Golden Age of Russian letters in the middle of the next century.
Language and Culture in Eighteenth-century Russia
Title | Language and Culture in Eighteenth-century Russia PDF eBook |
Author | V. M. Zhivov |
Publisher | |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
Zhivov's magisterial work tells the story of the creation of a new vernacularliterary language in modern Russia, an achievement arguably on a par with thenation's extraordinary military successes, territorial expansion, developmentof the arts, and formation of a modern empire.
A History of Russian Literature of the Romantic Period
Title | A History of Russian Literature of the Romantic Period PDF eBook |
Author | William Edward Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Romanticism |
ISBN |
The Dramatic Works of Catherine the Great
Title | The Dramatic Works of Catherine the Great PDF eBook |
Author | Lurana Donnels O'Malley |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780754656289 |
The first in-depth study of Catherine the Great's plays and opera libretti, this book provides analysis and critical interpretation of the dramatic works by this eighteenth-century Russian Empress. O'Malley sets close textual analysis within an historical framework, analyzing the major plays according to content, style, themes, characters, and relation to Catherine's life and political aims. The study investigates how Catherine expressed her social ideas throughout her drama and exploited the stage's power to promote her political ideals and ideology.