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020			_a9780192801449
082			_a891.709 KEL
100			_aKelly, Catriona
245			_aRussian Literature: A Very Short Introduction
260			_bOxford University Press _aOxford _c2001
300			_a164
520			_aThis book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book will uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after hime, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West
650			_aRussian literature
650			_aliterature
942			_cBK _2ddc
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