Russian Literature

About this eBook

Author

Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz, 1842-1921

Title

Russian literature

Original Publication

United States: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

Subject

Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71308

Release Date

July 30, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RUSSIAN LITERATURE
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — EARLY FOLK-LITERATURE: FOLK-LORE—SONGS—SAGAS — “LAY OF IGOR’S RAID” — THE ANNALS — MEDIÆVAL LITERATURE — SPLIT IN THE CHURCH—MEMOIRS OF AVVAKÚM — THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY — THE TIMES OF CATHERINE II. — THE FREEMASONS: FIRST MANIFESTATION OF POLITICAL THOUGHT. — THE FIRST YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. — THE “DECEMBRISTS” — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER II PÚSHKIN AND LÉRMONTOFF — PÚSHKIN — LÉRMONTOFF — PÚSHKIN AND LÉRMONTOFF AS PROSE-WRITERS — OTHER POETS AND NOVELISTS OF THE SAME EPOCH KRYLÓFF — THE MINOR POETS — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER III GÓGOL — TARÁS BÚLBA—THE CLOAK — THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL — DEAD SOULS — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV TURGUÉNEFF—TOLSTÓY — TURGUÉNEFF — TOLSTÓY—CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD — DURING AND AFTER THE CRIMEAN WAR — YOUTH: IN SEARCH OF AN IDEAL — SMALL STORIES—THE COSSACKS — EDUCATIONAL WORK — WAR AND PEACE — ANNA KARÉNINA. — RELIGIOUS CRISIS — HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE CHRISTIAN TEACHING — MAIN POINTS OF THE CHRISTIAN ETHICS — LATEST WORKS OF ART — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V GONCHARÓFF—DOSTOYÉVSKIY—NEKRASOFF — GONCHARÓFF. — THE PRECIPICE — DOSTOYÉVSKIY — NEKRÁSOFF — OTHER PROSE WRITERS OF THE SAME EPOCH — POETS OF THE SAME EPOCH
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE DRAMA — THE FIRST YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY — GRIBOYÉDOFF. — THE MOSCOW STAGE. — OSTRÓVSKIY: “POVERTY—NO VICE” — “THE THUNDERSTORM” — SCENE IV. — OSTRÓVSKIY’S LATER DRAMAS — HISTORICAL DRAMAS—A. K. TOLSTÓY. — OTHER DRAMATIC WRITERS — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII FOLK-NOVELISTS — THE EARLY FOLK-NOVELISTS — INTERMEDIATE PERIOD — ETHNOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH — POMYALÓVSKIY — RYESHÉTNIKOFF — LEVÍTOFF — GLEB USPÉNSKIY — ZLATOVRÁTSKIY AND OTHER FOLK-NOVELISTS — MAXÍM GÓRKIY
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII POLITICAL LITERATURE: SATIRE: ART CRITICISM: CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS — POLITICAL LITERATURE — THE “CIRCLES”—WESTERNERS AND SLAVOPHILES — POLITICAL LITERATURE ABROAD — TCHERNYSHÉVSKIY AND “THE CONTEMPORARY” — THE SATIRE: SALTYKÓFF — LITERARY CRITICISM — TOLSTÓY’S “WHAT IS ART?” — SOME CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS — A. P. TCHÉHOFF — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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