The Twentieth-Century Russian Novel: An Introduction (Historical Perspectives on Modern) - Softcover

Gillespie, David; Gillespie, D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859730833 ISBN 13: 9781859730836

Verlag: Berg 3PL, 1996

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'Gillespie has managed to pack in a disproportionately large amount of informative comment. Accessible and incisive, this example of critical analysis makes one want to re-read these works which have become modern classics.'British East-West Journal' ... informative, well balanced and presented very clearly. ... user-friendly.'The Slavonic Review'Every department involved in teaching a course on the Russian novel will be grateful to David Gillespie for this concise and admirably clear analysis...each textual analysis is presented in a soothingly succinct, sophisticated yet accessible way, with critical jargon kept to a minimum; points of style are well illustrated. ...This book will be invaluable to the student'Slavonica'This book will certainly go on the compulsory reading lists for next year.'Irish Slavonic Review

Reseña del editor:

- A student's guide to the 20th century Russian novel Eight of Russia's most popular and significant novels are presented in this important new guide for students. Works include: - "We" by Evgenii Zamiatin - "Red Cavalry" by Isaak Babel - "Envy" by Iurii Olesha - "How the Steel Was Tempered" by Nikolai Ostrovskii - "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak - "Cancer Ward" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn - "Pushkin House" by Andrei Bitov In each chapter, David Gillespie examines one novel in detail and explores the career of the author and the critical reception of the work. Throughout, considerable reference is made to recently published scholarship and archival materials to provide students and scholars of Russian and Comparative Literature with a guide to these important Russian authors and their place in the world of literature. The book also includes an extensive bibliography of secondary literature and contains textual references in both the original Russian and in English translation.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Berg 3PL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1859730833
• ISBN 13: 9781859730836
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192