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This collection provides a tantalizing glimpse of what the Soviet public wants to read now Publishers WeeklyThis unique collection encompasses stories published in the Soviet Union during the past three years the era of glasnost by 1O writers of the Russian literary renaissanceAn illuminating oneofakind volume BooklistThe ten authors of this collection with their experience style philosophy and powers of observation belong to those who are bringing a second wind to these tumultuous times Vassily AksyonovThis is the best Russian prose of today better than yesterdays and possibly tomorrows Joseph BrodskyThis volume brings together the best writers many of whom are making their debut in English of the new Russian literary renaissance in the largest anthology available of works published during tire last three years in the Soviet UnionThe ten writers included here are stars of the current literary scene and their works have evoked both praise and controversy often provoking charges of excessive naturalism and pessimism These stories illuminate new worlds for both the Russian and Western reader as previously forbidden material is explored in works of real literary merit Included are biographical sketches and an extensive introduction examining the new trends in Russian literature under GorbachevWorks ByPetrushevskaya Iskander Kuraev Tolstaya Makanin Shmelyov Popov Genatulin Erofeyev amp Golovin
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A compendium of folkloric literary and critical texts that show how the Russian fairy tale acquired political and historical meanings during the Soviet eraWe were born to make fairy tales come true As one of Stalinisms more memorable slogans this one suggests that the fairy tale figured in Soviet culture as far more than a category of childrens literature How much moreand how cannily Russian fairy tales reflect and interpret Soviet culture especially in its utopian ambitionsbecomes clear for the first time in Politicizing Magic a compendium of folkloric literary and critical texts that demonstrate the degree to which ancient fairytale fantasies acquired political and historical meanings during the catastrophic twentieth century Introducing Western readers to the most representative texts of Russian folkloric and literary tales this book documents a rich exploration of this colorful genre through all periods of Soviet literary production 19201985 by authors with varied political and aesthetic allegiances Here are traditional Russian folkloric tales and transformations of these tales that adopting the didacticism of Soviet ideology proved significant for the official discourse of Socialist Realism Here too are narratives produced during the same era that use the fairytale paradigm as a deconstructive device aimed at the very underpinnings of the Soviet system The editors introductory essays acquaint readers with the fairytale paradigm and the permutations it underwent within the utopian dream of Soviet culture deftly placing eachfrom traditional folklore to fairy tales of Socialist Realism to reallife events recast as fairy tales for ironic effectin its literary historical and political context
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From the late nineteenth century onward a tremendous current of intellectual vitality has swept over Russia and the problems raised have been ultimately of religious significance Ultimate Questions offers as the editor says a searching look into that area of Russian culture whose significance both for the understanding of that culture itself and for the understanding of the religious searching of our time has not yet it seems to us been properly defined The scope of the volume reveals a broad range of concerns Solovyovs insights into the meaning of love and sexuality brilliant essays on freedom by Fedotov and on creativity by Berdyaev and a contribution by Khomyakov to the ecumenical encounter of East and West Rozanov probes the question of Christs relation to the world Fyodorov argues for a religious conception of brotherhood and Bulgakov offers a meditation on the joy of the Resurrection Most of the selections have never before appeared in English and were translated for this volume by Asheleigh E Moorhouse Ultimate Questions is an invitation to discover a living body of ideas that are still disputed and defended quietly in the USSR more openly in the West
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A constant thread woven throughout the history of Russian literature is that of fantasy and an escape from the bounds of realism Worlds Apart is an anthology that explores this fascinating and dominant theme of Russian literature from its origins to its contemporary incarnation
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The book is a credit to the press a boon to everyone interested in Russian culture and an important resource for teachers and students of Russian literature Library Journal a solid and conscientious piece of work informed by discerning taste and learning Times Literary SupplementSmiths collection of contemporary Russian poetry should be useful to anyone with a serious interest in work produced during recent years both by poets living in the USSR and by prominent Third Wave emigrés The introductory and biographical materials are excellentnbspPublishers WeeklyThe work of twentythree poets living in Russia and abroad and writing during the period since 1975 is highlighted in this duallanguage anthology The book features an extraordinary cohort of talented poets including Joseph Brodsky Evgenii Rein and Bella Akhmadulina Notes biographical sketches a detailed bibliography and an informative introduction make this an indispensable resource for teachers students and readers of modern Russian literature
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An extensive introduction provides basic information about Russian epics their historical background their poetics the history of their collection their performance context and their main interpretations In addition their is a short introduction to each song explaining its plot allusions and interpretations A glossary of common terms and a selected bibliography of studies about the Russian epic in English and Russian are also included in the volume
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The largest most comprehensive anthology of its kind this volume brings together significant representative stories from every decade of the 20th century It includes the prose of officially recognized writers and dissidents both wellknown and neglected or forgotten plus new authors from the end of the 20th century The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in the 20th century traditional realism modernism socialist realism and postmodernism Taken as a whole the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life history and culture in the 20th century The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story
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Prominent Moscow poet Evgeny Bunimovich selected representative work from 44 living Russian poets born after 1945 to be translated and published in this bilingual edition The collection ranges from the mordant postSoviet irony of Igor Irteniev to the fresh voices of poets like Marianna Geide and Anna Russ
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An extensive introduction provides basic information about Russian epics their historical background their poetics the history of their collection their performance context and their main interpretations In addition their is a short introduction to each song explaining its plot allusions and interpretations A glossary of common terms and a selected bibliography of studies about the Russian epic in English and Russian are also included in the volume
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This collection ranges from humorous social realism to powerful explorations of mans capacity for evil This anthology offers the reader six important Russian plays of the nineteenth century in readable modern translations The editor has provided an introduction surveying the development of drama and the theater in Russia and discussing the significance of the plays and he has included a note on each play commenting on its literary and historical context
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Edited by Maxim D Shrayer a leading specialist in Russias Jewish culture this definitive anthology of major nineteenth and twentiethcentury fiction nonfiction and poetry by eighty JewishRussian writers explores both timeless themes and specific tribulations of a peoples history A living record of the rich and vibrant legacy of Russias Jews this readerfriendly and comprehensive anthology features original English translations In its selection and presentation the anthology tilts in favor of human interest and readability It is organized both chronologically and topically eg Seething Times 1860s1880s Revolution and Emigration 1920s1930s Late Soviet Empire and Collapse 1960s1990s A comprehensive headnote introduces each section Individual selections have short essays containing information about the authors and the works that are relevant to the topic The editors opening essay introduces the topic and relevant contexts at the beginning of the volume the overview by the leading historian of Russian Jewry John D Klier appears the end of the volume Over 500000 Russianspeaking Jews presently live in America and about 1 million in Israel while only about 170000 Jews remain in Russia The great outflux of Jews from the former USSR and the postSoviet states has changed the cultural habitat of world Jewry A formidable force and a new Jewish Diaspora Russian Jews are transforming the texture of daily life in the US and Canada and Israel A living memory a space of survival and a record of success Voice of JewishRussian Literature ensures the preservation and accessibility of the rich legacy of Russianspeaking Jews
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This collection offers a treasure trove of primary sources of interest to students of womens history Carefully introduced and annotated these documents illustrate the diversity of Russian womens lives Barbara Alpern EngelThere is no other work that offers such a wide variety of documents and such a successful combination of literary and historical materials Ann Hibner KoblitzThis rich anthology of source materials makes available for the first time in any language a multitude of primary sources on the lives of Russian women from the reign of Peter the Great to the Bolshevik revolution The selections are drawn from a wide variety of documents published and unpublished including memoirs diaries legal codes correspondence short fiction poetry ethnographic observations and folklore Primacy is given to sources produced by women and previously unavailable in English translation Organized thematically the documents focus on womens family life work and schooling public activism creative selfexpression and sexuality and spirituality as well as on the cultural ideals and legal framework which constrained women of all social classes
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Russia has a rich huge unwieldy cultural tradition How to grasp it This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russias civilisation Each text has resonance throughout the arts in Rublevs icons Meyerholds theatre Mousorgskys operas Prokofievs symphonies Fokines choreography and Kandinskys paintings This material is supported by introductions helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature culture and civilisation as well as comparative literature
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