Bøker av Nicholas Rzhevsky

"Provides an introduction to a vast national culture, covering the 10th to the 20th centuries. ... The range of selections in this ambitious book is thoughtful. Recommended". -- Library Journal"One of the most comprehensive anthologies of Russian literature in English ever published, in terms of its chronological span and inclusion of genres". -- British East-West Journal

This reader introduces core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, and Prokofiev's symphonies. The material is supported by introductions, annotations and bibliographies.

Presents a survey of Russian theater in the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. This book encompasses the major productions of directors such as Meyerhold, Stanislavsky, Tovostonogov, Dodin, and Liubimov that drew from Russian and world literature.