Presents an array of perspectives on the vivid cultural and literary politics that marked the period immediately after the October... Læs mere
Brings the essays of Pyotr Vail and Alexander Genis, originally written in the mid-1980s, to an English-speaking audience. A must-read for scholars, students and general readers... Læs mere
Highlights the philosophical and literary idea of apocalypse within key examples in the Slavic world during the nineteenth and twentieth... Læs mere
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is one of Vladimir Nabokov's most autobiographical novels. Sebastian's... Læs mere
Discusses the participation of Jews as soldiers, journalists, and propagandists in combating the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, as the... Læs mere
For several decades David Bethea has written authoritatively on the ""mythopoetic thinking"" that lies at the heart of classical... Læs mere
Examines the formation of nineteenth-century intelligentsia print publics in the... Læs mere
Using Vladimir Nabokov as its ""case study"", this volume approaches translation as a crucial avenue into literary history and... Læs mere
Translations in Travels from Dostoevsky's Siberia, gathered from archives and appearing in English for the first time, offer a... Læs mere
Features a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov. Focusing on... Læs mere
While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev's place in the landscape of world... Læs mere
This definitive and comprehensive anthology of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, nonfiction and poetry by eighty Jewish-Russian writers explores both timeless themes and specific tribulations of a people’s history.