An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction

Russia has a rich, huge, unwieldy cultural tradition. How to engage it? This pathbreaking classroom reader was designed to respond to that challenge. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historical themes of Russian civilization. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theater, Mousorgsky's operas, Prokofiev's symphonies, Fokine's choreography, and Kandinsky's paintings. They are supported by introductions, helpful annotations, bibliographies of resources, and a companion multimedia CD that brings the anthology's cultural references to life. Intended for courses in Russian literature, Russian culture and civilization, and comparative literature, the anthology; introduces Russian literature from the Igor Tale to village prose; integrates literature into the larger fabric of history, culture, and the arts; presents both new and classic translations, with helpful annotations; elucidates historical and cultural contexts and thematic continuities and variations; features useful resource guides to related works in all media; includes an interactive multimedia CD with a background narrative, historical and biographical information, and vivid excerpts from "great performances" of Russian film, music, dance, theater, and graphic arts

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"As a teacher of Russian culture, I was pleased to find that Professor Rzhevsky's choice of literary texts is very sound; his volume contains most of the items that I have been assigning as reserved library reading or in xerox packets. ... The choice of literary texts is excellent. The introductory essays are interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in scope."

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I. Cultural Beginnings; 1. The Tale of Igor; 2. Anonymous, "Boris and Gleb"; 3. "The Life of Alexis, Holy Man of God"; II. The Emerging Self; 4. Avvakum. The Life of Avvakum; III. The Search for Identity; 5. Gavrila Derzhavin, "Felicity"; 6. "The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa"; 7. Nikolai Karamzin, "Poor Liza"; 8. Alexander Pushkin, "The Bronze Horseman"; 9. Mikhail Lermontov, "Borodino"; 10. Mikhail Lermonotov, "Taman"; IV. Subversions of Secularization; 11. Alexander Pushkin, Boris Godunov; 12. Alexander Pushkin, "The Queen of Spades"; 13. Nikolai Gogol, "The Overcoat"; 14. Ivan Turgenev, "Bezhin Meadow"; 15. Fedor Dostoevsky, "The Meek One"; 16. Nikolai Leskov, "Lefty"; 17. Leo Tolstoy, "Holstomer"; V. New Aesthetic Languages; 18. Anton Chekhov, "The Lady with the Lapdog"; 19. Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, Act One; 20. Alexander Blok, "The Puppet Show"; 21. Anna Akhmatova, "The Gray-Eyed King"; 22. Vladimir Mayakovsky, "Listen!" 23. Marina Tsvetaeva, "I ask the mirror for a glimpse..." 24. Marina Tsvetaeva, "Verses about Moscow"; 25. Valery Briusov, "Barely a Tenth"; 26. Andrei Bely, from Petersburg: "The Escape"; VI. Thresholds: Soviet Culture and Beyond; 27. Isaak Babel, "The King"; 28. Sergei Esenin, "Farewell, my friend, farewell"; 29. Ilf and Petrov, from Twelve Chairs: "The Sword and the Plow"; 30. Mikhail Sholokhov, Virgin Soil Upturned, Ch. 7, Bk. 1; 31. Mikhail Zoshchenko, "Crime and Punishment"; 32. Osip Mandelstam, "We live without feeling..." 33. Anna Akhmatova, "The Last Toast"; 34. Daniil Kharms, "Makarov and Peterson"; 35. Chapayev Anecdotes; 36. Mikhail Bulgakov, from The Master and Margarita: "Black Magic and Its Exposure"; 37. Boris Pasternak, "Hamlet"; 38. Vladimir Vysotsky, "Morning Exercise"; 39. Fedor Abramov, "Wooden Horses"

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