An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction
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.
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.
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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.
