An absorbing portrait of an extraordinary man, an analysis of the work of a great Russian poet, and the evocation of a c......more
The book provides a new insight into English-Polish comparative sociolinguistics by comparing the attitudes of young nat......more
Back in print for the first time since the 1980s, this book is a touchstone for literary and theoretical criticism of sc......more
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Tolstoy was not always an old man--not always a bearded patriarch fixing the world with the eye of an angry ancient mari......more
This book presents the lives and works of eleven Jewish women authors who lived in the Soviet Union, and who wrote and p......more
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Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Translated from the Russian by Keith Gessen with Mark Krotov, Corey Mead and Bela Shayevich......more
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The book deals with the question of resistance to Soviet hegemony in Central Europe after 1968, when Warsaw Pact troops ......more
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Osip Mandelstam is one of the greatest of twentieth-century poets and Voronezh Notebooks, a sequence of poems composed b......more
This book demonstrates the ways in which the kitchen--the centerpiece of domesticity and consumerism--was deployed as a ......more
This book demonstrates the ways in which the kitchen--the centerpiece of domesticity and consumerism--was deployed as a ......more
Over a hundred years ago, something truly outrageous occurred at Yasnaya Polyana. Count Leo Tolstoy, a famous author age......more
Over a hundred years ago, something truly outrageous occurred at Yasnaya Polyana. Count Leo Tolstoy, a famous author age......more
Dostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives, including Notes from the House of the Dead, Notes ......more
This book is dedicated to the issue of animal metaphor together with its intricacies and internal complexity. Its main o......more
Since the mid-1980s, attempts to think history and literature together have produced much exciting work in the humanitie......more
Addressed to all readers of Dostoevsky, as well as to teachers, students, and specialists, this lucidly-written study ap......more
This book on the impact of Chinese civilization upon Tolstoy s thinking and writing reveals new resources in the study o......more
"Subtle readings and carefully argued interpretations. The articles and manifestoes, supplemented by a valuable ’Who’s W......more
In this highly original interdisciplinary study incorporating close readings of literary texts and philosophical argumen......more
In this highly original interdisciplinary study incorporating close readings of literary texts and philosophical argumen......more
Brian James Baer explores the central role played by translation in the construction of modern Russian literature. Peter......more
Brian James Baer explores the central role played by translation in the construction of modern Russian literature. Peter......more
Russian Literature since 1991 is the first comprehensive, single-volume compendium of modern scholarship on post-Soviet ......more
This book brings together Virginia Woolf’s essays and book reviews on Russian literature; her unpublished reading notes ......more
This book is the first interdisciplinary treatment of the cultural significance of the Decembrists’ mythic image in Russ......more
The second volume of Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Literature: A Reader treats the literature of the Thaw and Stagnation p......more
The second volume of Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Literature: A Reader treats the literature of the Thaw and Stagnation p......more
Is poetry lost in translation, or is it perhaps the other way around? Is it found? Gained? Won? What happens when a poet......more
Commiserating with Devastated Things seeks to understand the place Milan Kundera calls "the universe of the novel." Work......more
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s first novel, Netochka Nezvanova, written in 1849, remains the least studied and understood of the wr......more
We know of no better introduction to the spiritual vision of one of the greatest writers of all time, Leo Tolstoy. This ......more
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During the 1920s and 1930s, American minority artists and writers collaborated extensively with the Soviet avant-garde, ......more
Anna A. Berman’s book brings to light the significance of sibling relationships in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsk......more
Anna A. Berman’s book brings to light the significance of sibling relationships in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsk......more
This book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated b......more
The first part of this book provides a detailed analysis of Nietzsche’s discovery and engagement with Dostoevsky. The se......more
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A first full-length critical study of Chuvash-born poet Gennady Aygi (1934-2006), who is considered the father of late-S......more
The volume presents contributions from the conference Formal Description of Slavic Languages 10.5. The papers describe i......more
Using Vladimir Nabokov as its "case study," this volume approaches translation as a crucial avenue into literary history......more
The book contains a philosophical justification of the solutions proposed in the field of contemporary linguistics. The ......more
The author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, born to an eminent Russian family, conjures the apotheosis of the high ......more
This volume offers a view of modern Russian intellectual culture as shaped by the dynamic of conversions. The individual......more
The Routledge Intermediate Russian Reader has been specially designed for intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced ......more
In this dazzling exploration of one of the most contradictory periods of literary and artistic achievement in modern his......more
In this book, first published in 1943, Janko Lavrin provides an overview of the development of the Russian novel by plac......more
Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among the most acclaimed authors of samizdat, the literature th......more
2016 AATSEEL Prize for Best Book in Literary/Cultural Studies Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were a......more
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Novelist Ludmila Ulitskaya is a crucial cultural figure in contemporary Russia, garnering both literary awards and best-......more
Famed and outspoken Russian poet, Maximilian Voloshin’s notoriety has grown steadily since his slow release from Soviet ......more
The first major study in English of Vasily Zhukovsky (1783-1852)--poet, translator of German romantic verse, and mentor......more
Ilya Vinitsky’s Vasily Zhukovsky’s Romanticism and the Emotional History of Russia is the first major study in English o......more
Understanding Tolstoy recreates Tolstoy’s lifelong artistic and spiritual journey, taking readers to the core of the wri......more
Milestones is regarded as Marina Tsvetaeva’s first mature collection and remains one of the highlights of her entire car......more
This book analyzes the ideology-based reception of Adam Mickiewicz in Communist Poland and of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe......more
Russian Silver Age writers were full participants in European literary debates and movements. Today some of these poets,......more
Poetry. Film. Translated from the Russian by Philip Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev. Tarkovsky now joins the ranks of Mande......more
This new translation is the first and only fully annotated version of Evgeny Zamiatin’s classic novel We in English. The......more
One of the most significant filmmakers of modern times (Ivan s Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, The Mirror, and Stalke......more
Winner, 2014 AWSS Best Book in Slavic/East European/Eurasian Women’s Studies In Russian culture, the archetypal mother i......more
Song from the Land of Fire explores Azerbaijanian musical culture, a subject previously unexamined by American and Europ......more
In this volume, Gronas addresses the full range of psychological, social, and historical issues that bear on the mnemoni......more
Analyse der Darstellung der westlichen Reichsgebiete in der russischen Literatur zwischen 1825 und 1925 aus der Perspekt......more
The book deals with the history of Russian philosophy and ideas from the Enlightenment to the religious-philosophical re......more
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are the titans of Russian literature. As mature artists, they led very different lives and wrote ......more
A new edition of the Russian Nobelist’s collection of novellas, short stories, and prose poems Stories and Prose Poems c......more
This bookexplores Dostoevsky as a political thinker from his religious and philosophical foundation to nineteenth-centur......more
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Arguing that psychoanalytic method enlarges and enriches the significance of literature by discovering a fundamental unc......more
The dramatic political struggle of Boris Pasternak and the continued success of his novel. Dr. Zhivago, have often taken......more
What place do Dostoevsky s works occupy in the history of the novel? To answer this question, Michael Holquist focuses o......more