Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction

Russia has a rich huge unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons Meyerhold's theatre Mousorgsky's operas Prokofiev's symphonies Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings. This material is supported by introductions helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature culture and civilisation as well as comparative literature.