The Twentieth-Century Russian Novel: An Introduction
David Gillespie (University of Bath, UK)
The Twentieth-Century Russian Novel: An Introduction
David Gillespie (University of Bath, UK)
- A student’s guide to the 20th century Russian novelEight of Russia’s most popular and significant novels are presented in this important new guide for students. Works include:- We by Evgenii Zamiatin- Red Cavalry by Isaak Babel- Envy by Iurii Olesha- How the Steel Was Tempered by Nikolai Ostrovskii- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov- Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak- Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn- Pushkin House by Andrei BitovIn each chapter, David Gillespie examines one novel in detail and explores the career of the author and the critical reception of the work. Throughout, considerable reference is made to recently published scholarship and archival materials to provide students and scholars of Russian and Comparative Literature with a guide to these important Russian authors and their place in the world of literature. The book also includes an extensive bibliography of secondary literature and contains textual references in both the original Russian and in English translation.
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