Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre authors. Each of the 14 essays is by a scholar in a particular field; together, they cover all of Russian literature--from old Russia through the 18th and 19th centuries and up to the present--and include all genres: prose, poetry, drama, and autobiography. This collection examines images of women, and reintroduces Russian women writers whose recognition is long overdue. It also focuses on issues of reception and canon formation, and the...
Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre auth...
While celebrated poets such as Aleksandr Pushkin worked within a male-centered Romantic aesthetic - the poet as a bard or sexual conqueror; nature as a mother or mistress; the poet's muse as an idealized woman - Russian women attempting to write Romantic poetry found they had to reinvent poetic conventions of the day to express themselves as women and as poets. Comparing the poetry of fourteen men and fourteen women from this period, Diana Greene examines the sexual politics of reception and literary reputation. Included is an appendix of significant poems by Russian women, some published...
While celebrated poets such as Aleksandr Pushkin worked within a male-centered Romantic aesthetic - the poet as a bard or sexual conqueror; nature as ...
Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre authors. Each of the 14 essays is by a scholar in a particular field; together, they cover all of Russian literature--from old Russia through the 18th and 19th centuries and up to the present--and include all genres: prose, poetry, drama, and autobiography. This collection examines images of women, and reintroduces Russian women writers whose recognition is long overdue. It also focuses on issues of reception and canon formation, and the...
Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre auth...