The Cambridge History of Russian Literature

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521425670 ISBN 13: 9780521425674

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1992

An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989, incorporating a new chapter on the latest developments in Russian literature and additional bibliographical information. The individual chapters are by well-known specialists, and provide chronological coverage from the medieval period on, giving particular attention to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and including extensive discussion of works written outside the Soviet Union. The book is accessible to students and non-specialists, as well as to scholars of literature, and provides a wealth of information.

Review:

'... an immensely useful book.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

'An impressive volume ... it deserves a place in every library'. Sunday Telegraph

Book Description:

An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989, incorporating a new chapter on the latest developments in Russian literature and additional bibliographical information.