Kati Parppei examines the development of the perceptions and images concerning the battle of Kulikovo, fought between Muscovite and Tatar troops in 1380, in Russian history writing from the 15th centu
"Across Eastern Europe and Russia in the first half of the twentieth century, conflict and violence arising out of foreign and civil wars, occupation, revolutions, social and ethnic restructuring and
John A. González, Director of the Rozhkov Historical Research Centre, examines the evolution of the thought of the most important and prolific historian after V.O. Kliuchevskii. Rozhkov’s transformati
This book is the first biography of Nikolay Punin (1888-1953). One of the most prominent art-critics of the avant-garde, in 1919 Punin was the Commissar of the Hermitage and Russian Museums, he was le
Intertwining literary criticism, cultural research, and psychological experience, this subtle study has two aims: to examine the nightmare as a mental state using literary texts, and to identify the c
Maligned by some as Pinkertonovschina, nevertheless western fiction appropriated from American and British detective stories was incredibly popular in Russia during the period under consideration. Dra
Celebrating Suprematism focusses on Kazimir Malevich’s abstraction. It examines the movement’s relationship to the philosophical, scientific, aesthetic, and ideological ideas of the period, establish
This is a revised version of the author's PhD thesis (U. of Bergen, Norway, 2009). He considers four works from the time period 1918-1940--by authors who grew up outside of what was to become the Sovi
In his introduction, Lalo (comparative literature, U. of Texas, Austin) explains that the term libertinage "...comes from Georges Nivat, who understands it as a combination of political and sexual fre
An exploration of the mythology and reality of post-revolutionary proletarian art in Russia as well as its expression in the festive decorations of Petrograd between 1917 and 1920.
This reader contains selections from 8 Russian and Soviet writers working with erotic prose between 1900-1940. Themes of religious chastity, gender and sexual politics under communism/Bolshevism, and
The first study to trace the emergence of the art historical interest in icon painting in the nineteenth century with its evident impact on the course of Russian modernism in the twentieth century.
Re-established in 1989, the monastery "...has been considered a part of the spiritual heritage of 'Holy Russia,' and it has been repaired and funded accordingly..." (from the introduction). As a medie
Russian children's literature has a history that goes back over 400 years. This book offers a comprehensive study of its development, setting Russian authors and their books in the context of translat
This collection of essays deals broadly with the visual and cultural manifestation of utopian aspirations in Russia of the 1920s and 1930s, while examining the before- and after-life of such ideas bot
