An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction
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This reader introduces core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, and Prokofiev's symphonies. The material is supported by introductions, annotations and bibliographies.
Russia has a rich, huge and unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation.
Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, Prokofiev's symphonies, Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings. This material is supported by introductions, helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media.
The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature, culture and civilisation, as well as comparative literature.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781563244216
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 February 1996
Country: United States
Imprint: Routledge
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 453g
Pages: 608
About the Author
Nicholas Rzhevsky
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