Odoevsky V F (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Very Good condition. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good paperback with clean pages, rubbed cover.

Condition: Like New. Russian-language children's picture book with charming and colorful ill. by N. Golitz; 24 p., immaculate and unmarked anywhere--obviously it has not been in the hands of a child; colorful pictorial wrapper has no more wear than would be seen in book shop.

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. New York. 1965. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. Translated from the Russia into English for the first time by Olga Olienikov and Ralph E. Matlaw. A Dutton Paperback Original. 255 pages. paperback. D163. Cover design by Jim McMullan. keywords: Europe Russia Literature Translated 19th Century World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Prince Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky (1804-1869) was one of the most versatile men on the Russian scene in the nineteenth century, and one of the most gifted. His creative career spanned half a century, for he was active in the fields of music, literature, philosophy, education, science, bibliography, and library administration to the end of his life. In the early 1830's he was among Russia's most popular writers, ranked in stature not very far below the two literary giants, Pushkin and Gogol', and his eager quest for encyclopedic knowledge earned him the cognomen the 'Russian Faust.' Odoevsky's major work, one of great importance in Russian intellectual history, is his Russian Nights, first published in 1844. It is a fascinating novel that represents the summation of his views in many fields, an app roach to the all-embracing system he constantly sought. The range of problems and questions raised by the characters and illustrative stories is enormous: the boundaries of knowledge, the meaning of science and art, the sense of human existence, atheism and belief, education, government rule, the function of individual sciences, poetic creation, Slavophilism, Europe and Russia - to name only the most important. Though it cannot be called really successful as a novel, Russian Nights remains a significant philosophical contribution and work of art, summarizing intellectual and political currents during two turbulent decades and expressing imaginatively the quest for ultimate knowledge and perfect communication. inventory #40986.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.30x5.40x0.40 inches. In Stock.