Russian Literature

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 texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. Ho...

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 texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example, as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after him, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West.

卡特里奥娜·凯利 牛津大学新学院俄语教授，研究兴趣包括俄罗斯现代派诗歌、俄罗斯女性文学、俄罗斯文化中的性别问题等。著有《彼得鲁什卡：俄国狂欢木偶戏》（1990）、《俄国女性写作史：1820—1992》（1994）、《改良俄国：叶卡捷琳娜至叶利钦时代的咨询文献、礼貌文化和性别》（2001）、《帕夫利克同志：一位苏联儿童英雄的飞升和坠落》（2005）及《圣彼得堡：往昔的阴影》（2014）等作品。