Russia possesses one of the richest and most admired literatures of Europe, reaching back to the eleventh century. A History of Russian Literature provides a co

Surveys Russian literature from the eleventh century to the present, set within the context of political, social, religious, and philisophical developments

This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the t

An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989, incorporating a new chapter on the latest developments in Russian literatur

Russian literature arrived late on the European scene. Within several generations, its great novelists had shocked - and then conquered - the world. In this int