A History of Russian Women's Writing 1820–1992
Catriona Kelly
Abstract
Russian women's writing is now attracting enormous interest both in the West and in Russia itself. Written from a feminist perspective, this book combines a broad historical survey with close textual analysis. Sections on women's writing in the periods 1820–80, 1881–1917, 1917–54, and 1953–92 are followed by chapters on individual writers. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including rare literary journals and almanacs, the book shows familiar figures such as Akhmatova, Tsevtaeva, and Tolstaya in a new context and brings to light a colourful gallery of fascinating but neglected writers includ ... More
Russian women's writing is now attracting enormous interest both in the West and in Russia itself. Written from a feminist perspective, this book combines a broad historical survey with close textual analysis. Sections on women's writing in the periods 1820–80, 1881–1917, 1917–54, and 1953–92 are followed by chapters on individual writers. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including rare literary journals and almanacs, the book shows familiar figures such as Akhmatova, Tsevtaeva, and Tolstaya in a new context and brings to light a colourful gallery of fascinating but neglected writers including Elena Gan, NadezhdaTeffi, Natalya Baranskaya, and Nina Sadur. The text is supported by quotations from the Russian, all accompanied by English translations.
Keywords:
Russian literature,
Russian women's writing,
literary journals,
literary almanacs,
Akhmatova,
Tsevtaeva,
Tolstaya,
Elena Gan,
NadezhdaTeffi,
Natalya Baranskaya
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1998 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198159643 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159643.001.0001 |
