Title: Vicissitudes of genre in the Russian novel
Description: "The 1860s witnessed one of the most vibrant periods in the history of modern Russian literature. This book focuses on what was arguably its most influential genre - the Russian tendentious novel.

While tracing the genre's early development through works such as Fathers and Sons and Notes from Underground, it simultaneously unfolds a unique approach to reading late-nineteenth-century Russian literature by showing how rich conflicting interpretations of the classics continue to be possible and by indicating numerous deep-rooted connections between the tendentious novels of the nineteenth century and their twentieth-century literary progeny."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History and criticism, Russian fiction, Turgenev, ivan sergeevich, 1818-1883, Chernyshevskii, nikolai gavrilovich, 1828-1889, Dostoyevsky, fyodor, 1821-1881, Gorky, maksim, 1868-1936, Russian fiction, history and criticism, Turgenev, ivan sergeevich , 1818-1883, Chernyshevsky, nikolay gavrilovich , 1828-1889, Dostoyevsky, fyodor , 1821-1881, Gorky, maksim , 1868-1936, Russian fiction--history and criticism, Russian fiction--19th century--history and criticism, Russian fiction--20th century--history and criticism, Pg3098.3 .v35 2001, 891.73/309
People: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Maksim Gorky (1868-1936), Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828-1889)
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century