NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature – serie

This volume considers Boris Pasternak's Russian classic, ""Doctor Zhivago"". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. It also includes considerations of existing translations and of textual problems in the original Russian. The sections contain several wide-ranging articles by other scholars, primary sources and background material, including correspondence related to the work.

This volume considers the Russian writer Bulgakov's work, ""The master and Margarita"". It opens with the editor's general introduction, discussing the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. The introductory section also includes considerations of existing translations and of textual problems in the original Russian. The following sections contain several wide-ranging articles by other scholars, primary sources and background material such as letters, memoirs, early reviews and maps.

Julian W. Connolly's companion to Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading includes a general introduction discussing the work in the context of Nabokov's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. Also included are primary sources and other background materials, as well as discussions of the work by leading scholars and an annotated bibliography. Combining the highest order of scholarship with accessibility, this critical companion illuminates a great work of literature, and will enhance is appreciation by both teachers and students.