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Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Catriona Kelly

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2001
ISBN
9780192801449, 0192801449
LCC
PG2950 .K45 2001
Open Library ID
OL3947995M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4884773 bytes)
Series
A Very Short Introduction
Pages
183\183
Topic
Geography Russia
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

The author of this book is indisputably an expert in Russian Literature -- and it shows in the book. Through her studies and research on various dimensions and periods of Russian Literature, Catriona Kelly has formed her own approach, or her own point of view, about this vast topic, and this book is an introduction to Kelly's approach to Russian Literature, rather than an introduction to Russian Literature per se.

As the previous reviewer wrote, the book is not for people who want to get an initial idea on the Russian Literature. In my case (and I consider myself a "novice" in this subject), it was only after reading another introductory book (as short as this one) that I realized how many important authors and trends and debates were left out of this "very short introduction".

Catriona Kelly is correct to place Pushkin in the center of Russian Literature, but I wish she described in more detail what preceded him, and other, perhaps equally significant authors and poets who followed him.

I would recommend this book only to people who are already familiar with Russian literature and are open to new ways at looking at it.

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