A handy and concise introduction to a complex novel of Russian literature.Provides an authoritative account of Bulgakov’s life and his struggle to survive during the Terror.The author has been following Bulgakov studies since the novel first appeared in the 1970s, and offers a review of all the major critical debates about the text.Offers close analysis of stylistic features of the novel, for readers of Russian and English alike.Provides a helpf ...
Appeals to both specialists and general interest readers Includes essays on texts and authors commonly taught in university literature courses Essays on early film will be of interest to scholars and students of cinema Tynianov's cultural theory is widely applicable and will be of interest to scholars and students of literature, arts, culture and media The introductory essay offers thorough and insightful historical context for Tynianov ...
This is the first coherently annotated and chronologically arranged collection of VSS’s significant letters in English or any other language (including Russian)The letters contain seminal discussions of works that would later become famous, including arguments defending minority nationality and religious rights in RussiaThe letters provide numerous poems (along with transliterations) that appear nowhere else ...
In this compelling and engaging book, Dvir Abramovich introduces readers to several landmark novels, poems and stories that have become classics in the Israeli Holocaust canon. Discussed are iconic writers such as Aharon Appelfeld, Dan Pagis, Etgar Keret, Yoram Kaniuk, Uri Tzvi Greenberg and Ka-Tzetnik, and their attempts to come to terms with the unprecedented trauma and its aftereffects. Scholarly, yet deeply accessible to both students and to ...
