Modern Russian Literature

D. S. Mirsky (1890 - 1939)

Prince D.S. Mirsky was a prominent Russian literary historian who spent several years in emigration, teaching at the University of London. This book, published in 1925, presents a brief and incisive overview of Russian literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was written in English and meant to be accessible to the general reading public in the West. - Summary by Kazbek

Genre(s): Literary Criticism

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preliminary Kazbek
00:22:55
Play 01 The Age of the Great Novelists. 1. 'The Natural School': Aksakov Kazbek
00:22:54
Play 02 2. From Turgenev to Leskov Kazbek
00:53:52
Play 03 3. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy Kazbek
01:06:29
Play 04 4. The Drama Kazbek
00:12:37
Play 05 5. Poets Kazbek
00:13:00
Play 06 6. Critics and Publicists Kazbek
00:18:07
Play 07 7. Chekhov and after Kazbek
00:49:05
Play 08 The New Age Kazbek
00:38:56