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Author:

Emerson, Caryl.

Title:

The Cambridge introduction to Russian literature / Caryl Emerson.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiv, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Russian literature--History and criticism.
Russian literature--Themes, motives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-284) and index.

Contents:

Critical models, committed readers, and three Russian ideas -- Heroes and their plots -- Traditional narratives -- Western eyes on Russian realities : the eighteenth century -- The astonishing nineteenth century : romanticisms -- Realisms : Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov -- Symbolist and modernist world-building : three cities, three novels, and the devil -- The Stalin years : socialist realism, anti-fascist fairy tales, wilderness -- Coming to terms and seeking new terms : from the first Thaw (1956) to the end of the millennium.

Series:

Cambridge introductions to literature

ISBN:

0521606527 (pbk.)
9780521606523 (pbk.)
052184469X (hardback)
9780521844697 (hardback)

LCCN:

2008006275

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)