A history of Russian literature from its beginnings to 1900
By: D.S. Mirsky ; edited by Francis J. Whitfield.
Contributors: Whitfield, Francis J. 1916-
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Russian literature -- History and criticism
Description: "Russian literature has always been inseparably linked to Russian history. D. S. Mirsky, in dealing with this fact, constantly keeps in mind the ever-colorful and ever-changing aspects of the one in discussing the other. Mirsky's book is essential reading for anyone interested in Russian literature. A History of Russian Literature: From its Beginnings to 1900 contains all of the author's History of Russian Literature and the first two chapters of his Contemporary Russian Literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Contains Mirsky's A history of Russian literature from the earliest times to the death of Dostoyevsky (1881) and the first two chapters of his Contemporary Russian literature, 1881-1925"--Pref.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
Includes index.