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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809669703321

Autore

Lavrin Janko <1887-1986., >

Titolo

An introduction to the Russian novel / / Janko Lavrin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-67353-3

1-317-37645-5

1-317-37644-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

891.7309

891.73309

Soggetti

Russian fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1942 by Methuen.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; PREFATORY NOTE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF RUSSIAN FICTION; CHAPTER II. PUSHKIN AND LERMONTOV; CHAPTER III. GOGOL AND REALISM; CHAPTER IV. FERMENTATION OF IDEAS; CHAPTER V. FROM GOGOL TO TURGENEV; CHAPTER VI. GONCHAROV; CHAPTER VII. CRITICAL REALISM; CHAPTER VIII. POPULISTS AND OTHERS; CHAPTER IX. DOSTOEVSKY; CHAPTER X. TOLSTOY; CHAPTER XI. THE CHEKHOV PERIOD; CHAPTER XII. MAXIM GORKY; CHAPTER XIII. THE MODERNIST MOVEMENT; CHAPTER XIV. SOME LATER REALISTS; CHAPTER XV. REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER XVI. SOVIET LIFE IN LITERATURECHAPTER XVII. LINKS WITH THE PAST AND THE FUTURE; CHAPTER XVIII. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER; CONCLUSION; INDEX OF NAMES

Sommario/riassunto

<P>In this book, first published in 1943, Janko Lavrin provides an overview of the development of the Russian novel by placing the great Russian novelists - Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Gorky, Gogol - in relation to their native literature and their social, political and cultural backgrounds. <I>An Introduction to the Russian Novel </I>will appeal particularly to students of Russian literature and culture as well as those interested in the development of the novel in general. </P>