An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction: Introduction to a Culture

An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction: Introduction to a Culture by Rzhevsky, Nicholas. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780765612465.

Russia has a rich, huge, unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russias civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublevs icons, Meyerholds theatre, Mousorgskys operas, Prokofievs symphonies, Fokines choreography and Kandinskys paintings. This material is supported by introductions, helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature, culture and civilisation, as well as comparative literature.