Russia Through Women's Eyes - Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia (Paperback, New Ed)

This impressive volume presents the lives of 11 remarkable women, told in their own words, who between them span the 19th century and a wide range of classes and professions. Their autobiographical writings include explorations of their families, education, careers and country. Writers, actresses, physicians and journalists - women of the gentry, the merchant class, the lower bureaucracy and the serf class - reveal in their memoirs their opinions about woman's nature, her duties and responsibilities, her upbringing and her place in society. The ensuing volume is a densely packed and fascinating portrait of 19th-century Russian thought and society. (Kirkus UK)

Nineteenth-century Russia has been known to the West mainly through the writings of men. Russian women, however, were far from silent and have left vivid testimony about their families, their education, their careers, and their country. This collection presents, for the first time in English, the lives of eleven remarkable Russian women as told in their own words. These autobiographies span the century and cover a wide range of classes and professions. Among the authors are women of the gentry (Natalia Grot), the merchant class (Aleksandra Kobiakova), the lower bureaucracy (Praskovia Tatlina), and the serf class (Liubov Nikulina-Kositskaia). They include writers (Elizaveta Lvova, Anastasia Verbitskaia), a journalist (Emilia Pimenova), an actress in the provincial theater (Liubov Nikulina-Kositskaia), and two physicians (Varvara Kashevarova-Rudneva, Ekaterina Slanskaia)-one the first woman to earn a medical degree in Russia, the other a doctor in the slums of St. Petersburg. Their memoirs show their fierce engagement in the debate over woman's nature, her duties and responsibilities, her upbringing, and her place in society. Each autobiography is introduced and annotated by Toby Clyman and Judith Vowles, who also provide a general introduction that situates these writings within the Russian and Western autobiographical traditions.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Russian Literature and Thought Series
Release date:	March 1999
First published:	March 1999
Editors:	Toby W. Clyman • Judith Vowles
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	408
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-06754-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-300-06754-2
Barcode:	9780300067545

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