Studies in Russian Literature
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781417921843
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Russian; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russian & Former Soviet Union
First sentence: LERMONTOFF, in one of his stories, has aptly compared his country to Eryslan Lazarevitch, the hero of an old Russian legend, who, having lain for thirty long years helplessly entranced in a deep slumber, from which none could arouse him, was suddenly brought to life by a wizard's potent charm, and endowed with such miraculous strength that all were filled with awe and wonder at his deeds of prowess.