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cover next page > ` title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: An Anthology of Russian Literature From Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction : Introduction to a Culture Rzhevsky, Nicholas ME Sharpe, Inc. 1563244217 9781563244216 9780585326658 English Russian literature--Translations into English. 1996 PG3213.A56 1996eb 891.708 Russian literature--Translations into English. cover next page > < previous=""> cover-0 next page > Page aa Praise for An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction "An astonishing anthology: an attempt, through a sampling of a saint's life, epic, narrative poem, parodic spoof, drama, lyric, and prose, to communicate some of the literary bedrock of Russian national consciousness. The translations are everywhere persuasive and the selection uncannily good. When the Soviet period passes wholly into history and Russian culture reassembles on the far side of the millennium, Rzhevsky's volume will be a major resource for English-language readers interested in a vivid, diversified introduction to one of the world's most provocative cultures." Caryl Emerson, Princeton University "This is an excellent anthology that can serve as the basis for a variety of college courses on Russian literature and culture, and as a splendid introduction to these subjects for a general reader. A highly original and appealing feature of the collection is that the works in it were selected because of their varied resonances in Russian culture, including adaptations and translations into other artistic forms such as opera, theater, and film. Professor Rzhevsky traces these and other links in a series of concise and illuminating essays and provides references that would allow the motivated reader or instructor to pursue connections throughout Russian culture from the earliest period to the present day. The illustrations echo the anthology's focus on an 'inter-representational' history of Russian culture." Vladimir Alexandrov, Yale University < previous=""> cover-0 next page > < previous=""> cover-1 next page > Page ab "Rzhevsky's concept of selecting literary texts on the basis of their relevance to other art forms and their quality of being representative of Russian culture (the 'spirit of Russia') seems most appropriate. The selection strikes a good balance between 'Russianness' and accessibility to an American reader." Victor Terras, Brown University "Rzhevsky's anthology makes all the Russian literary texts one needs to teach a culture course available in a single, affordable volume. His choice of literary texts that resonate to other arts (music, film, paintingprimarily Russian but also European) is excellent. The introductory essays are interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in scope, and have something to say to undergraduates at all levels. The multidisciplinary bibliographies after each work are also useful." Maria Carlson, The University of Kansas < previous=""> cover-1 next page > < previous=""> page_iii next page > Page iii An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction Introduction to a Culture Edited by Nicholas Rzhevsky < previous=""> page_iii next page > < previous=""> page_iv next page > Page iv Copyright © 1996 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Permission to reprint the following is gratefully acknowledged: "The Narrative, Passion, and Encomium of Boris and Gleb," from Medieval Slavic Lives of Saints and Princes, trans. and ed. Marvin Kantor, Michigan Slavic Translations Series No. 5, Michigan Slavic Publications, 1983, pp. 16397 (abridged). Archpriest Avvakum