Modern Russian Literature
D. S. Mirsky
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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 (4 hr 57 min)
Chapters
Preliminary | 22:55 | Read by Kazbek |
The Age of the Great Novelists. 1. 'The Natural School': Aksakov | 22:54 | Read by Kazbek |
2. From Turgenev to Leskov | 53:52 | Read by Kazbek |
3. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy | 1:06:29 | Read by Kazbek |
4. The Drama | 12:37 | Read by Kazbek |
5. Poets | 13:00 | Read by Kazbek |
6. Critics and Publicists | 18:07 | Read by Kazbek |
7. Chekhov and after | 49:05 | Read by Kazbek |
The New Age | 38:56 | Read by Kazbek |