An Obsession with History: Russian Writers Confront the Past

By Andrew Wachtel

Providing a theoretical paradigm for understanding the relationship of history and literature in Russia, this book traces how major Russian writers of the past 200 years defined the nation's past through creating fictional and non-fictional works on historical themes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804722463
• ISBN13: 9780804722469
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"