A history of Russian literature of the romantic period / William Edward Brown.

Author/creator Brown, William Edward, 1904-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : Ardis, ©1986.
Description4 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Russian literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Romanticism--Soviet Union.

Contents v. 1. Prologue: The transition: Sentimentalism as a pre-Romantic phenomenon ; The battle over language: "Archaists and innovators" -- Nineteenth-century tragedy before Boris Gudunov: Vladislav Ozerov and sentimentalist tragedy ; Minor writers of tragedy -- Nineteenth-century comedy before Woe from wit: Alexander Shakhovskoi ; Nikolai Khmelnitsky ; Fyodor Kokoshkin and Mikhail Zagoskin ; Alexander Pisarev ; Alexander Griboedov before 1823 ; Pavel Katenin -- Alexander Griboedov and Woe from Wit -- The fable in the early nineteenth century: Dmitry Gorchakov ; Akim Nakhimov ; "Archaists and innovators": The battle in satire ; Ivan Dolgoruky -- Lyric poetry of the transition -- The older innovators: Vasily Zhukovsky -- The older innovators: Konstantin Batyushkov -- Other older innovators: Nikolai Gnedich ; Denis Davydov ; Fyodor Glinka -- Archaists old and young: The Beseda poets ; The young archaists: Pavel Katenin -- v. 2. The younger archaists: Wilhelm Kuchelbecker -- The younger innovators: Prince Pyotr Vyazemsky -- The younger innovators: The Decembrist poets: Kondraty Ryleev ; Vladimir Raevsky ; Alexander Odoevsky ; Alexander Bestuzhev (Marlinsky) -- Pre-Pushkinian prose: Minor genres: Russian journalism of the 1820s and 1830s ; The travel sketch ; Historical and quasi-historical tales -- The picaresque and adventure novel: Vasily Narezhny -- The society and adventure novel of the 1830s: Alexander Bestuzhev (Marlinsky) ; Vladimir Odoevsky ; Alexander Veltman ; Wilhelm Kuchelbecker: "The last Colonna" ; Faddei Bulgarin ; Antony Pogorelksky ; Orest Somov ; Nikolai Polevoi ; Nikolai Pavlov ; Vladimir Dal -- The Russian historical novel: Mikhail Zagoskin ; Nikolai Polevoi ; Ivan Lazhechnikov -- v. 3. Alexander Pushkin: Byronic poems and minor verse tales: Ruslan and Lyudmila ; The Gavriliada ; The "Byronic tales" ; Count Nulin ; The little house in Kolomna ; Angelo ; The folk tales (Skazki) -- Alexander Pushkin: Major narrative poems: Eugene Onegin ; Poltava ; The bronze horseman -- Alexander Pushkin: Dramatic works: Boris Godunov ; The "Little tragedies" ; Rusalka ; Scenes from the Age of chivalry -- Alexander Pushkin's Lyric Verse -- Alexander Pushkin as a writer of prose: The negro of Peter the great ; Novelistic fragments ; Journey to Zrzrum ; Tales of Belkin and History of the village of Goryukhino ; Egyptian nights ; Dubrovsky ; Fragmentary prose novels ; The queen of spades ; The history of Pugachev ; The captain's daughter -- Poets of the Zhukovsky school: Ivan Kozlov ; Andrei Podolinsky -- Poets of the Pushkin Pleiad: Anton Delvig -- Poets of the Pushkin Pleiad: N.M. Yazykov -- Poets of the Pushkin Pleiad: E.A. Baratynsky -- The philosophical school of Russian verse: The Raich cercle and the wisdom lovers ; Dmitry Venevitinov ; Stepan Shevyryov ; Alexei Khomyakov -- v. 3. Fyodor Tyutchev (before 1841) -- Other major poets of the 1830s-1840s: Alexander Polezhaev ; Viktor Teplyakov ; Alexei Koltsov -- Minor poets of the 1830s-1840s: Pyotr Pletnyov ; Nikolai Konshin ; Alexei Illichevsky ; Vasily Tumansky ; Baron Yegor Rozen ; Vasily Grigoryev ; Lukyan Yakubovich ; Dmitry Struisky ; Alexander Rotchev ; Vladimir Benediktov ; Nestor Kukolnik ; Nikolai Satin ; Pyotr Yershov -- Mikhail Lermontov: Lyric verse -- Mikhail Lermontov: The narrative poems -- Mikhail Lermontov: Dramas and narrative prose: Lermontov's dramaturgy ; Lermontov's narrative prose ; A hero of our time -- Nikolai Gogol: Juvenile poem and Ukrainian tales: Hanz Kuchelgarten ; Evenings on a farm near Dikanka, parts I and II ; Mirgorod -- Nikolai Gogol: St. Petersburg stories and comedies: Arabesques ; Later tales ; Gogol's dramatic works -- Gogol's Dead souls and Selected passages: Dead souls: A poem, part I ; Selected passages from a correspondence with friends ; Dead souls: Part II.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographies and indexes.
Other formsAlso issued online.
Issued in other formOnline version: Brown, William Edward, 1904- History of Russian literature of the romantic period. Ann Arbor : Ardis, c1986
LCCN 85018556
ISBN0882339389 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN9780882339382 (set : alk. paper)

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