Russian nights
By: by V.F. Odoevsky ; translated by Olga Koshansky-Olienikov and Ralph E. Matlaw ; introduction by Robert E. Matlaw ; afterword by Neil Cornwell.
Contributors: Koshansky-Olienikov, Olga.; Matlaw, Ralph E.
Edition: Northwestern University Press ed.
Series: European classics; European classics (Evanston, Ill.)
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Description: "Russian Nights, Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky's major work, is of great importance in Russian intellectual history. This captivating novel is the summation of Odoevsky's views and interests in many fields: Gothic literature, romanticism, mysticism, the occult, social responsibility, Westernization, utopia and anti-utopia.

Compared variously to The Decameron, to Hoffman's Serapion Brethren, and the Platonic dialogues, Russian Nights is a mixture of genres - a series of romantic and society tales framed by Odoevsky's musings on the main strands of Russian thought of the 1820s and 1830s. This is a unique work of Russian literature, and a key sourcebook for Russian romanticism and Russian social and aesthetic thought of its epoch."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-263).
English translation originally published: New York : E.P. Dutton, 1965.