The Twentieth-century Russian Novel: An IntroductionBerg, 1996 - 179 pagina's 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. |
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... takes away Khlebnikov's horse , and Khlebnikov goes mad and is eventually invalided out of the army . Afon'ka Bida spends a week going round villages in search of a new horse after his own mount Stepan is killed , burning and killing ...
An Introduction David Gillespie. Plot Most of the action of the novel takes place within a quarter of a century , in particular the years 1903-29 , although there are other brief passages that take place both before and after these dates ...
... takes stock of his past life and the values he has lived by , coming to scorn the corruption and superficiality of material success . In Solzhenitsyn's novel too , cancer serves as a catalyst . The proximity of death enables the author ...
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Preface | 1 |
Evgenii Zamiatin 18841937 We Mb | 7 |
Isaak Babel 18941940 Red Cavalry Koнармия | 24 |
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