"Russian literature has always been inseparably linked to Russian history. D. S. Mirsky, in dealing with this fact, constantly keeps in mind the ever-colorful and ever-changing ...

The concluding volume of Barnes's acclaimed biography of the Russian poet and prose-writer.

This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It ...

Many Russian novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have made a huge impact, not only inside the boundaries of their own country but across the western world. The ...

A comprehensive survey of developments in Russian literature over the last fifteen years of the Soviet regime.

A close reading of this classic novel that explores the subtle psychology in Tolstoy's characterisation.

A biography of nineteenth-century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, discussing his childhood and youth, his stint in the military, his discovery of Europe, his relationships, and ...