At once a tragic love story pitting a fragile heart against the forces of society, this novel truly succeeds as a conversation of ideas.

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Dostoevsky's last novel is considered his masterpiece and tells the story of a family and the appetites and struggles that lead to patricide. With rich ...more on ebook "CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's The Bro..."

This epic tells the story of Raskolnikov, a student who believes he is superior and entitled. He commits a crime and the book traces his downfall. After being ...more on ebook "CliffsNotes Crime and Punishment..."

Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cultures is the first book-length study of the aesthetic similarities between the French Parnassians, a 19th- ...more on ebook "Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cul..."

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910). The greatest Russian writer. Writings include Anna Karenina, War and Peace. Volume covers the period 1852-1910. Extras: ...more on ebook "Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy: The ..."

Viacheslav Ivanov (1866'1949), the central intellectual force in Russian modernism, achieved through his work an original synthesis of Christianity, Platonism, ...more on ebook "The Russian Prospero: The Creative ..."

Focusing on a number of historical and literary personalities who were regarded with disdain in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution'figures such as Peter the ...more on ebook "Epic Revisionism: Russian History a..."

The first generation of Russian modernists experienced a profound sense of anxiety. What made them unique was their utopian prescription for overcoming the ...more on ebook "Erotic Utopia: The Decadent Imagina..."

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One pithy joke encapsulates a world of knowledge about a culture. Because humor plays with the most deeply seated cultural assumptions, it makes ...more on ebook "Making War, Not Love..."

Cavanagh traces Mandelstam's creation of tradition from his earliest lyrics to his last verses, written shortly before his arrest and subsequent death in a ...more on ebook "Osip Mandelstam & the Modernist Cre..."

Key dimensions of Dostoevskii's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. While remaining accessible to an ...more on ebook "The Cambridge Companion to Dostoevs..."