The Russian Twentieth Century Short Story - A Critical Companion (Paperback, New)

The Twentieth Century Russian Short Story: A Critical Companion is a collection of the most informative critical articles on some of the best twentieth-century Russian short stories from Chekhov and Bunin to Tolstaya and Pelevin. While each article focuses on a particular short story, collectively they elucidate the developments in each authoraEURO (TM)s oeuvre and in the subjects, structure, and themes of the twentieth-century Russian short story. American, European and Russian scholars discuss the recurrent themes of languageaEURO (TM)s power and limits, of childhood and old age, of art and sexuality, and of cultural, individual and artistic memory. The book opens with a discussion of the short story genre and its socio-cultural function. This book will be of value to all scholars of Russian literature, the short story, and genre theory.

General

Imprint:	Academic Studies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	December 2009
Editors:	Lyudmila Parts
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-934843-69-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-934843-69-5
Barcode:	9781934843697

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