An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction: Introduction to a Culture

by Rzhevsky,Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780765612465
• ISBN10: 0765612461
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Author Biography

Nicholas Rzhevsky (PhD, Princeton) is Professor and Chair of the department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Stony Brook University

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Nicholas Rzhevsky
I Cultural Beginnings	3	(38)
The Tale of Igor	11	(10)
Anonymous
``Boris and Gleb''	21	(12)
Anonymous
``The Life of Alexis, Holy Man of God''	33	(8)
Anonymous
II The Emerging Self	41	(38)
The Life of Avvakum	46	(33)
Avvakum
III The Search for Identity	79	(68)
``Felicity''	91	(8)
Gavrila Derzhavin
``The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa''	99	(5)
Anonymous
``Poor Liza''	104	(14)
Nikolai Karamzin
``The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale''	118	(14)
Alexander Pushkin
``Borodino''	132	(4)
Mikhail Lermontov
``Taman.'' From A Hero of Our Time	136	(11)
Mikhail Lermontov
IV Subversions of Secularization	147	(254)
Boris Godunov	161	(75)
Alexander Pushkin
``The Queen of Spades''	236	(23)
Alexander Pushkin
``The Overcoat''	259	(26)
Nikolai Gogol
``Bezhin Meadow''	285	(18)
Ivan Turgenev
``The Meek Woman: A Fantastic Story''	303	(35)
Fedor Dostoevsky
``Lefty (A Skaz about Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and a Steel Flea)''	338	(30)
Nikolai Leskov
``Holstomer: The Story of a Horse''	368	(33)
Leo Tolstoy
V New Aesthetic Languages	401	(54)
``The Lady with the Lapdog''	407	(15)
Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard. Act I	422	(16)
Anton Chekhov
``A Puppet Show''	438	(3)
Alexander Blok
``The Gray-Eyed King''	441	(2)
Anna Akhmatova
``Listen!''	443	(2)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
``I ask the mirror for a glimpse . . .''	445	(2)
Marina Tsvetaeva
``Verses About Moscow''	447	(2)
Marina Tsvetaeva
``Barely a Tenth''	449	(2)
Valery Briusov
``The Escape.'' From Petersburg	451	(4)
Andrei Bely
VI Thresholds: Soviet Culture and Beyond	455	(98)
``The King''	466	(7)
Isaak Babel
``Farewell, my friend, farewell . . .''	473	(1)
Sergei Esenin
``The Union of the Sword and the Plow.'' From The Twelve Chairs	474	(11)
Ilf
Petrov
Virgin Soil Upturned. Chapter 7, Book 1	485	(5)
Mikhail Sholokhov
Crime and Punishment: A Comedy in One Act	490	(14)
Mikhail Zoshchenko
``We live without feeling . . .''	504	(2)
Osip Mandelstam
``The Last Toast''	506	(1)
Anna Akhmatova
``Makarov and Peterson.'' No. 3	507	(2)
Daniil Kharms
Chapayev Anecdotes	509	(2)
Anonymous
``Black Magic and Its Exposure.'' From The Master and Margarita	511	(14)
Mikhail Bulgakov
``Hamlet''	525	(2)
Boris Pasternak
``Morning Exercise''	527	(2)
Vladimir Vysotsky
``Wooden Horses''	529	(24)
Fedor Abramov
Notes	553	(28)
Selected Bibliography	581