Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Popular Russian dramatist and short-story writer. Writings include: The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard. Volume covers the peri..
Originally published in 1989, this book presented the first study of the image of Stalin in literature. Analysing the literary presentaiton of histori..
In this book, originally published in English in 1953, the author, recognized as one of the best-informed experts on Eastern European politics, recons..
Originally published in 1952, this book examines the change from revolutionism to nationalism which took place in the Soviet Union during the 1930s. I..
The author states here that Tolstoy's views on education were ingenious and profound. It considers the development of his thought on teaching alongsid..
Tolstoy was as much a philosopher as a novelist. From the entries in his early diaries through to the great novels he was constantly searching for a c..
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is considered by many to be one of the greatest novels ever written. This study, first published in 1989, of its morally ambig..
With its demand that works of art be judged according to the their morally didactic content, Tolstoy’s reviled aesthetics has seemed to exclude from t..
This volume contains two concise works by the innovative twentieth-century literary critic Janko Lavrin. Tolstoy: An Approach, first published in 1944..
Haunting is what happens when the past is disturbed and the victims of previous violence, who are thought to be buried and forgotten, are brought back..
Controversial Russian novelist, regarded as the most original prose writer of the twentieth century. Writings include: Lolita. Volume covers the peri..