TY - DATA AU - Kelly,Catriona TI - Russian literature: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780191538834 AV - PG2950 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, KW - Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich KW - Russian literature KW - History and criticism KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - Russian & Former Soviet Union KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Russisch KW - Bellettrie KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Testament -- 'I have raised myself a monument' : writer memorials and cults -- 'Tidings of me will go out over all great Rus' : Pushkin and the Russian literary canon -- 'I shall be famous as long as another poet lives' : writers' responses to Pushkin -- 'Awakening noble feelings with my lyre' : writers as 'masters of minds' -- 'And don't dispute with fools' " men, women, and society -- 'Every tribe and every tongue will name me' : Russian literature and 'primitive culture' -- 'O muse, be obedient to the command of God' : the spiritual and material worlds N2 - This text explores the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture and aims to answer the questions: How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? and What shaped its creation? ER -