A unique contribution to women's studies and Russian literature, this collection of critical/biographical articles and translated excerpts focuses on the literary, cultural, and political contexts of the writings of 71 Russian women authors from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. In its exploration of culture and tradition, this two-volume set is the most ambitious representation of women's writing in Russian in this format, including diverse genres of writing and introducing authors previously neglected in scholarly studies. Most of the translations appear in English for the first time; some are published here for the first time in any language. This comprehensive work explores a number of issues of concern to the study of women's literature. What role does women's writing have in the canon of Russian literature, and how did it evolve? What has been its relationship to literature by male contemporaries? Why did many of these authors experience declines in popularity? Why have others enjoyed recognition among the greatest writers in the Russian tradition, despite the enigma of their lives? Is there a continuing tradition in the prose of Russian women writers? In offering answers to these and other questions, this encyclopedic project supplies fresh new material for future research and analysis.
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The book can be used profitably by both specialists and students with an interest in women's writing. One reads this book with gratitude to the editor for persevering, to the contributors for their conscientiousness and appreciation of their subjects, and to the writers themselves for what they have created for us to savor.
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Russian Women Writers is a major event in Russian studies. The volume presents the basic facts regarding the role of women in Russian culture from the eighteenth century to the present. it enriches our general vision of Russian literature and the culture projected by it.
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–Slavic and East European Journal
Russian Women Writers is a major event in Russian studies. The volume presents the basic facts regarding the role of women in Russian culture from the eighteenth century to the present. it enriches our general vision of Russian literature and the culture projected by it.
–World Literature Today
This publication...joins the...ranks of indispensable sources for those investigating the rich field of Russian women's literature.
–Choice
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Catherine the Great (Ekaterina Alekseevna Romanova, 1729-1796) was arguably the first, and certainly the most influential, of all Russian women writers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dvokh tomakh, russkikh pisatelei, sobranie stikhotvorenii, biograficheskii ocherk, russkaia literatura, khudozhestvennoi literatury, society tale, xix veka, sobranie sochinenii, born circa, satirical journals, village records, travel sketches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catherine the Great, Greenwood Press, Bibliography Primary Works, Cherubina de Gabriak, Karolina Pavlova, Silver Age, Elena Guro, Indiana University Press, Marko Vovchok, Stanford University Press, Notes of the Fatherland, Translator's Notes, Vera Figner, New York, Tsar Akhreian, Ann Arbor, The Russian Herald, Clarendon Press, Diana Greene, Elena Gan, Sophia Parnok, Anna Bunina, Marina Tsvetaeva, The Lakes, Anna Petrovna New!
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Catherine the Great (Ekaterina Alekseevna Romanova, 1729-1796) was arguably the first, and certainly the most influential, of all Russian women writers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dvokh tomakh, russkikh pisatelei, sobranie stikhotvorenii, biograficheskii ocherk, russkaia literatura, khudozhestvennoi literatury, society tale, xix veka, sobranie sochinenii, born circa, satirical journals, village records, travel sketches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catherine the Great, Greenwood Press, Bibliography Primary Works, Cherubina de Gabriak, Karolina Pavlova, Silver Age, Elena Guro, Indiana University Press, Marko Vovchok, Stanford University Press, Notes of the Fatherland, Translator's Notes, Vera Figner, New York, Tsar Akhreian, Ann Arbor, The Russian Herald, Clarendon Press, Diana Greene, Elena Gan, Sophia Parnok, Anna Bunina, Marina Tsvetaeva, The Lakes, Anna Petrovna New!
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- Women Writers in Russian Literature: (Contributions to the Study of World Literature) by Toby W Clyman on 15 pages
- Dictionary of Russian Women Writers: by Mariana Astman Ledkovsky on 12 pages
- Sexuality and the Body in Russian Culture by Jane Costlow on 8 pages
- The little camels of the sky by Elena Guro on 8 pages
- WOMEN WRITERS IN RUSSIAN by Temira Pachmuss on 6 pages
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- A History of Women's Writing in Russia by Adele Marie Barker in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women in the Stalin Era (Studies in Russian and East European History) by Melanie Ilic on page 189, and Back Matter
- The Dramatic Works of Catherine the Great: Theatre And Politics in Eighteenth-century Russia (Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in ... Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, Dance) by Lurana Donnels O'malley in Back Matter
- The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature (Routledge Companions) by Neil Cornwell on page 162
- Reconstructing The Canon (Studies in Russian and European Literature) by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie on page 99
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