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Russian Writers and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Ronald Hingley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:15th Oct '22

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This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considered from the point of view of geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of individual Tsars on writers and society. A discussion of the main social ‘estates’ follows, and concluding is an analysis in their literary context of the activities of the competing forces of cohesion and disruption in imperial society: the civil service, law courts, police, army, schools, universities, press, censorship, revolutionaries and agitators. This book makes possible a fuller understanding of the works of Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov and the other great Russian writers.

ISBN: 9780367776022

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 385g

208 pages