num_pages: 246
description: Of major interest and value, this volume presents in English the essential writings of Vissarion Belinsky, Nicolai Chernyshevshy, and Nicolai Dobrolyubov, the gifted and formidable founders of Russian literarary and social criticism. The sense of social responsibility, political commitment, and moral vision informing Russian literature is a product of a critical tradition established in the middle third of the 19th century. Included in this book are the fundamental critical writings of these men, establishing a critical doctrine of vast importance to the progress of Russian letters.
language: English
title: Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, and Dobrolyubov: Selected criticism
titlecomplete: Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, and Dobrolyubov: Selected criticism
genres: Russian Literature, Russia
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Indiana University Press