From the Introduction: This volume honors the extraordinary life, path-breaking career, and pioneering scholarship of a truly modest woman—Professor Marina Viktorovna Ledkovsky, Barnard College emerita. Born into the old noble families of the Nabokovs, the Falz-Feins, the von Korffs, and the Fasolts, Marina Viktorovna grew up in Berlin, where, during World War II, she went to university, was arrested and...
Literature
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2004
Too often the Russian Idea has been discussed in terms of political backlash to democratic reforms of the early 1990s. In Russia itself this Idea stimulated vigorous discussion of issues narrowly connected with rediscovering Russian identity in the post-perestroika transition. Articles translated for the present collection fall into two major groups, those addressing specific aspects of the Russian Idea: linguistic,...
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1978
An analysis of selected works by Derzhavin, with some biographical details included where they are relevant to the analysis. Contents: I. In Quest of Form; II. First Attempts at Flight; III. The Major Odes; IV. Songs of Simple Pleasures; V. A Poet's View of Verse; VI. Conclusion. Five-page selected bibliography. Index. "...it can be thoroughly recommended as the best general...
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1988
Contents
Julia Alissandratos
Leskov Versus Flaubert as Connoisseur of a Medieval Narrative Pattern Closely Associated with Hagiography 7
James Bailey
The Russian Variant of the Slavic 5 + 5 Lyric Folk Meter 19
Adele Barker
The Mother's Hold: Case Studies from Russian and Homeric Epic 35
Robert L. Belknap
The Assembly of Literary Plots 53
Joseph Bozhichevic
Slavic "Esperanto" for Slavic Solidarity: Visions of...
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978-0-89357-246-4
313
1994
"Alexander Lipson himself and A Russian Course are part of the history of American Slavistics, which In Memoriam continues into many areas of current interest. Besides the expected literary, linguistic and pedagogical issues, it touches on nationalism, the environment, women's studies, sexuality and myth, and living folklore. Together, they add up to lasting contributions and a fitting memorial." (SEEJ)
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1986
Fedor Sologub's peculiar masterpiece, The Petty Demon (1907) today provokes the same reactions of irritation and delight as when it first appeared. This first full-length study of The Petty Demon shows that part of the novel's uniqueness can be explained by its particular relation to several historical and literary-historical factors: the era of political reaction during the reigns of Alexander...
