This is an enthralling guide to Russia's literary landscape. Russian writers have always played a special role in the spiritual, intellectual, and political lives of their readers. This book reveals the warmth and energy with which their legacy is cherished. The authors take the reader on a tour of sites of the most important scenes of Russian literature. Readers can trace the steps of Raskolnikov through St. Petersburg or follow Esenin's bohemian life in Moscow. A book to be read at home as much as by travellers, "Literary Russia" sketches not only an extraordinary literary map of Russia but also a whole social and political panorama that unfolds in vivid and remarkable detail.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher:
An original guide to Russia and its literature
Russia has more literary museums than any other country in the world and Russian writers have always played a special role in the spiritual, intellectual and political lives of their readers. This book reveals the warmth and energy with which their legacy is cherished. The authors take the reader on a tour of Russia and include descriptions of all the major literary museums as well as the sites of the most important scenes of Russian literature. Readers can trace the steps of Raskolnikov through St Petersburg, or follow Esenin's Bohemian life in Moscow. This pioneering book can be read as a practical guide to a trip around Russia or used as an overview of the nation's literature. A book to be read at home as much as by travellers, the authors sketch not only an extraordinary literary map of Russia but also a whole social and political panorama which unfolds in vivid and remarkable detail.
About the Author:
Rosamund Bartlett has published widely on diverse aspects of Russian literary, musical and cultural history. She is also an accomplished translator: her Chekhov anthology, About Love and Other Stories, was shortlisted for the Weidenfeld European Translation Prize in 2005. She lives in Oxford. Anna Benn studied Russian at the universities of Exeter and St. Petersburg. The editor of The Insight Guide To Russia, she now lives in London.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherGerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0715636227
- ISBN 13 9780715636220
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages528
-
Rating