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The Literature of Eighteenth-Century Russia
This unique two-volume history and anthology is a publication of the greatest significance. Not only does it present a full description and analysis of eighteenth-century Russian literature, but it also collects together for the first time in English many of the most significant works of this period.
The span of this collection is 1689-1801, and the contents are divided into the following three main parts: "The Age of Peter the Great (1689-1725)," "Peter's Successors to the Ascension of Catherine II (1725-1762)," and "The Reigns of Catherine II (1762-1796) and Paul I (1796-1801)." In these two volumes Dr. Segel has provided over 700 pages of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama by Prokopovich, Kantemir, Trediakovskii, Lomonosov, Sumarakov, Catherine II, Novikov, Fonvizin, Radishchev, Karamzin, Emin, Chulkov, Kheraskov, Derzhavin, and Kniazhnin. The anthology is also handsomely illustrated throughout.
The span of this collection is 1689-1801, and the contents are divided into the following three main parts: "The Age of Peter the Great (1689-1725)," "Peter's Successors to the Ascension of Catherine II (1725-1762)," and "The Reigns of Catherine II (1762-1796) and Paul I (1796-1801)." In these two volumes Dr. Segel has provided over 700 pages of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama by Prokopovich, Kantemir, Trediakovskii, Lomonosov, Sumarakov, Catherine II, Novikov, Fonvizin, Radishchev, Karamzin, Emin, Chulkov, Kheraskov, Derzhavin, and Kniazhnin. The anthology is also handsomely illustrated throughout.
472 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1967
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