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

Since 1985 Russia has experienced a dramatic cultural and social revolution. Rosalind Marsh presents the first study encompassing one important aspect of this p

Over the past century alone, Russia has lived through great achievements and deepest misery; mass heroism and mass crime; over-blown ambition and near-hopeless

The rise of literacy in late nineteenth-century Russia, and its influence on "high literature" and low, and on economic development