A Guide to Russian Literature: 1820 1917 (Classic Reprint). Cet article n’est pas disponible.A Guide to Russian Literature: 1820 1917 (Classic Reprint)

This book is a comprehensive analysis of Russian literature from the 1820s to the 1890s, a period of great social, political, and cultural change in Russia. The author traces the development of Russian literature from its early roots in oral tradition to its emergence as a major force in world literature. The book explores the major themes and ideas that preoccupied Russian writers during this period, including the search for national identity, the struggle for individual freedom, and the role of art in society. The author also provides close readings of some of the most important works of Russian literature, including "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, "Dead Souls" by Nikolai Gogol, and "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in Russian literature, and it offers a unique perspective on the social and cultural history of Russia during the 19th century.

It is evident that descriptions of social groups and classes or reproductions of spiritual gropings must form an element of every literature, the writers being children of their times, members of their nations, and drawing their experience from immediate surroundings. Yet hardly any literature equals the Russian in reproducing the spiritual struggles of men, and few western writers have been as willing as their Russian colleagues to go down to the very bottom of everyday existence and to scrutinize the economic, the social, and the political life of their country. This makes Russian literature a valuable object of study not only as art, but also as the surest road to the understanding of the Russian people andR ussian conditions. The task of the present volume is to be of assistance in such studies. From the literary productions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it selects only those which have a value for the present, either on account of their artistic qualities, or as representing some aspect of Russian life. This marks a point of departure from the traditional histories of literature. The Guide omits many poets who were of importance in their time, yet have been overshadowed by greater contemporaries or successors working in the same field. This is the case with Nikitin vill
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