An anthology of Russian literature from earliest writings to modern fiction
Subtitle: introduction to a culture
By: edited by Nicholas Rzhevsky.
Contributors: Rzhevsky, Nicholas, 1943-
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe; Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Russian literature -- Translations into English.
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Thresholds to Russian culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-587).
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Table of contents: title: The tale of Igor; title: Boris and Gleb; title: The life of Alexis, holy man of God; title: The life of Avvakum / Avvakum; title: Felicity / Gavrila Derzhavin; title: The firebird and Princess Vasilisa; title: Poor Liza / Nikolai Karamzin; title: The bronze horseman : a Petersburg tale / Alexander Pushkin; title: Borodino / Mikhail Lermontov; title: Taman : from A hero of our time / Mikhail Lermontov; title: Boris Godunov / Alexander Pushkin; title: The queen of spades / Alexander Pushkin; title: The overcoat / Nikolai Gogol; title: Bezhin meadow / Ivan Turgenev; title: The meek woman : a fantastic story / Fedor Dostoevsky; title: Lefty : a skaz about cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and a steel flea / Nikolai Leskov; title: Holstomer : the story of a horse / Leo Tolstoy; title: The lady with the lapdog / Anton Chekhov; title: The cherry orchard : act 1 / Anton Chekhov; title: A puppet show / Alexander Blok; title: The gray-eyed king / Anna Akhmatova; title: Listen! / Vladimir Mayakovsky; title: I ask the mirror for a glimpse; title: / Marina Tsvetaeva; title: Verses about Moscow / Marina Tsvetaeva; title: Barely a tenth / Valery Briusov; title: The escape from Petersburg / Andrei Bely; title: The king / Isaak Babel; title: Farewell, my friend, farewell; title: / Sergei Esenin; title: The union of the sword and the plow : from The twelve chairs / Ilf and Petrov; title: Virgin soil upturned : chapter 7, book 1 / Mikhail Sholokhov; title: Crime and punishment : a comedy in one act / Mikhail Zoshchenko; title: We live without feeling; title: / Osip Mandelstam; title: The last toast / Anna Akhmatova; title: Makarov and Peterson : no. 3 / Daniil Kharms; title: Chapayev anecdotes; title: Black magic and its exposure : from The Master and Margarita / Mikhail Bulgakov; title: Hamlet / Boris Pasternak; title: Morning exercise / Vladimir Vysotsky; title: Wooden horses / Fedor Abramov.