ENGLISH

Refining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin

By Catriona Kelly

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2001
ISBN
9780198159872, 0198159870
LCC
BJ1943 .K45 2001
Open Library ID
OL3969455M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3173082 bytes)
Pages
483\483
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46
Языки и языкознание;Русский язык как иностранный;Л

Description

Refining Russia is a pioneering study of the development of advice literature (''how-to'' books such as etiquette manuals and brochures on hygiene) in Russia, and of its reception and wider cultural meaning. An absorbing and original exercise in ''history of the book,'' it is also a major contribution to the understanding of Russia's relationship with the West, and of the cultural world inhabited by the Russian intelligentsia.

Similar books