Description
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.
About the Author
Ronald Hingley
Book Information
ISBN 9780367776008
Author Ronald Hingley
Format Hardback
Page Count 196
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Series Routledge Library Editions: Russian and Soviet Literature
Weight(grams) 453g
