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Article: The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature.(Book Review)
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- Journal of European Studies
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Edited by Neil Cornwell. London and New York, Routledge, 20001. Pp. x + 271. 12.99 [pounds sterling] (paperback).
This volume extends over one thousand years of Russian literature, from its medieval beginnings into the post-Soviet period. Such a time span entails considerable compression. Yet this collection superbly succeeds in combining essential information and stimulating content, without overwhelming the reader with scholarly details or professional debates. It comprises twenty chronologically ordered essays by well-known scholars, ranging over poetry, drama, stories and the novel, as well as such topics as Russian thought, folklore, women writers, socialist ...