Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? This book uses the figure of Pushkin, ‘the Russian Shakespeare’, as an example.

DSB; JFC

891.709

Catriona Kelly (Fellow of New College, Oxford, and Tutor in Russian) – Oxford University Press