The Golden Age of Russian Literature and Thought

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   • Derek Offord

   Pages 1-6

3. Pushkin’s ‘Ruslan and Liudmila’ and the Traditions of the Mock-Epic Poem

   • Mark Altshuller

   Pages 7-24

4. Pushkin’s ‘Golden Cockerel’: A Critical Re-Examination

   • Sona Hoisington

   Pages 25-33

5. Marlinsky’s ‘Ammalat-Bek’ and the Orientalisation of the Caucasus in Russian Literature

   • Susan Layton

   Pages 34-57

6. Lermontov’s Reading of Pushkin: The Tales of Belkin and A Hero of Our Time

   • Priscilla Meyer

   Pages 58-75

7. Chaadaev’s Letters to Viazemsky

   • Raymond McNally

   Pages 76-83

8. Pisemsky’s Sketches from Peasant Life: An Attempt at a Non-Partisan Reading

   • Jenny Woodhouse

   Pages 84-102

9. Bakunin, Turgenev and Rudin

   • Marshall Shatz

   Pages 103-114

10. Herzen’s Past and Thoughts: Dichtung und Wahrheit

    • Elena Dryzhakova

    Pages 115-137

11. Suicide and Folk Beliefs in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment

    • Linda Ivanits

    Pages 138-148

12. Boborykin and his Chronicles of the Russian Intelligentsia

    • John McNair

    Pages 149-167

13. Back Matter

    Pages 169-174

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The volume contains ten new essays on Russian literature and thought of the classical age (roughly 1820-1880). The essays are based on papers delivered at the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies held at Harrogate in July 1990. It strikes a balance between fresh work on major authors (Pushkin, Lermontov, Turgenev and Dostoevsky), important work on hitherto neglected minor authors (Marlinsky, Pisemsky and Boborykin), and studies that relate to thinkers of the period (Chaadaev, Herzen and Bakunin).

• Dostoevsky
• English literature
• essay
• Europe
• literature
• Orient
• peasant
• poem
• Russia
• Russian
• tradition
• translation
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• University of Bristol, UK

  Derek Offord

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