Russian Writers and Society, 1825-1904
Russian Writers and Society, 1825-1904

Author: Ronald Hingley

Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Most nineteenth-century Russian writers wrote for their own time and their own country. The assumed in their readers an intimate knowledge of imperial Russian life and familiarity with all sorts of detail with which modern students of their work cannot easily acquaint themselves. This background is supplied in systematic format in this book. It begins with a close look at the lives of writers, and the problems of the profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Empire being considered from the point of view of geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of Tsars on writers and society. Next comes a discussion of the main social "estates" -- peasants, landowning gentry, clergy, and townspeople. Finally, the competing forces of cohesion and disruption in imperial society are analyzed in their literary context -- the activities of civil service, law courts, police, army, schools, universities, press, censorship, revolutionaries, and agitators. -- From publisher's description.

Russian Writers and Society in the Nineteenth Century
Russian Writers and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Ronald Hingley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1000386724

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This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considered from the point of view of geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of individual Tsars on writers and society. A discussion of the main social ‘estates’ follows, and concluding is an analysis in their literary context of the activities of the competing forces of cohesion and disruption in imperial society: the civil service, law courts, police, army, schools, universities, press, censorship, revolutionaries and agitators. This book makes possible a fuller understanding of the works of Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov and the other great Russian writers.

The Woman Question in Nineteenth-Century English, German and Russian Literature
The Woman Question in Nineteenth-Century English, German and Russian Literature

Author: Kathryn L. Ambrose

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 9004304843

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Kathryn Ambrose offers a new approach to the Woman Question in mid- to late-nineteenth-century English, German and Russian literature. Using a methodological framework based on feminist theory and post-structuralism, she provides a re-vision of canonical texts (such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Middlemarch, Effi Briest, Fathers and Children and Anna Karenina) alongside lesser-known works by Emily and Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy. Her exploration of the semiotics of barriers – as opposed to the established approach of the semiotics of space – makes for a rewarding reading of this period of literature and establishes new cross-cultural and literary connections between the three countries.

Russia's Capitalist Realism
Russia's Capitalist Realism

Author: Vadim Shneyder

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2020-10-15

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0810142481

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Russia’s Capitalist Realism examines how the literary tradition that produced the great works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov responded to the dangers and possibilities posed by Russia’s industrial revolution. During Russia’s first tumultuous transition to capitalism, social problems became issues of literary form for writers trying to make sense of economic change. The new environments created by industry, such as giant factories and mills, demanded some kind of response from writers but defied all existing forms of language. This book recovers the rich and lively public discourse of this volatile historical period, which Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov transformed into some of the world’s greatest works of literature. Russia’s Capitalist Realism will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth‐century Russian literature and history, the relationship between capitalism and literary form, and theories of the novel.

The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature
The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature

Author: Neil Cornwell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-06-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1134569076

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The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature is an engaging and accessible guide to Russian writing of the past thousand years. The volume covers the entire span of Russian literature, from the Middle Ages to the post-Soviet period, and explores all the forms that have made it so famous: poetry, drama and, of course, the Russian novel. A particular emphasis is given to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when Russian literature achieved world-wide recognition through the works of writers such as Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Nabokov and Solzhenitsyn. Covering a range of subjects including women's writing, Russian literary theory, socialist realism and émigré writing, leading international scholars open up the wonderful diversity of Russian literature. With recommended lists of further reading and an excellent up-to-date general bibliography, The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature is the perfect guide for students and general readers alike.

The High Stakes of Identity
The High Stakes of Identity

Author: Ian M. Helfant

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Revising his doctoral dissertation for Harvard University, Helfant (Russian, Colgate U.) explains how Russian writers of the 19th century not only used gambling as motifs in their work, but were often impacted by it in their own lives; for example Pushkin's huge losses at cards and Dostoevski's at roulette served as impetus for them to write for money, but Tolstoy's ancestral wealth cushioned his losses at cards. In addition to those three, he looks at works by Lermontov, Shakhovskoy, and Begichev. He appends the original texts of all the extended and most of the shorter quotes that are translated from Russian and French in the book. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Plight of Women
Plight of Women

Author: Dr. Priya Krishnan KG

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 1387451715

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Literature is the reflection of human experience. It reflects the complexities and conflicts of human life. The literary critics had given many answers regarding the basic elements of the origin of literature. Society has a fundamental role in the making up of the literature. With a clear true vision and approach the writer will be able to write about his surroundings. The writer has a responsibility to the society he lives in. He reflects his moral understanding through his works. Whatever be his time, space, and culture , a writer with almost sincerity surely will react to the social conditions as a whole.