The Cambridge History of Russian Literature [Paperback]

A revised and updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history.Starting with the earliest texts, dating from the time of the Christianization of Russian literature 1000 years ago, this updated edition encompasses the history of Russian literature through the 1980s.Starting with the earliest texts, dating from the time of the Christianization of Russian literature 1000 years ago, this updated edition encompasses the history of Russian literature through the 1980s.An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, containing a new chapter on Russian literature of the 1980s and additional bibliographical information.Preface; 1. The literature of old Russia, 9881730 Jostein Bortnes; 2. The eighteenth century: neoclassicism and the Enlightenment 173090 Ilya Serman; 3. The transition to the modern age: sentimentalism and preromanticism, 17901820 Mark Altshuller; 4. The nineteenth century: romanticism, 182040 John Mersereau Jr; 5. The nineteenth century: the natural school and its aftermath, 184055 Richard Peace; 6. The nineteenth century: the age of realism, 185580 Richard Freeborn; 7. The nineteenth century: between realism and modernism, 1880-95 Julian Connolly; 8. Turn of a century: modernism, 18951925 Evelyn Bristol; 9. The twentieth century: the era of socialist realism, 192553 Victor Terras; 10. The twentieth century: in search of new ways, 195380 Geoffrey Hosking; 11. Russian literature in the 1980s Efim Ethird; Bibliography Charles Moser; Index. ...the Cambridge history offers some important insights. Vasily Rudich, New Criterion ...offers a solid introduction to its subject matter. Choice ...an immensely useful book. The Times Higher Education Supplement Professor Moser has had no easy task, and the overall result is a testimony to his very considerable skills as an editor. He facilitates the transition from one period to the next by furnishing at the beginning of each chapter a brief thumbnail sketch of the new period. In themlsO