A comprehensive history of Russian literature and culture. Provides a broadoverview but also hones in on key events people and texts to provide depth andsustai... » 

A comprehensive history of Russian literature and culture. Provides a broadoverview but also hones in on key events people and texts to provide depth andsustained analysis. Places individual works lives and events in theirhistorical context as well as in the context of parallel developments in artand music. «