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9781936235148 1936235145 The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, 50 Writers brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the 20th century. It includes the prose of officially recognised writers and dissidents, well-known and neglected or forgotten ones, and new authors at the end of the 20th century. The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in the 20th century: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the 20th century. The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story., The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the twentie century. It includes the prose of officially recognized writers and dissidents, both well-knownand neglected or forgotten, plus new authors from the end of the century. The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in this era: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the twentieth century. The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story.
9781936235148 1936235145 The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, 50 Writers brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the 20th century. It includes the prose of officially recognised writers and dissidents, well-known and neglected or forgotten ones, and new authors at the end of the 20th century. The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in the 20th century: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the 20th century. The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story., The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the twentie century. It includes the prose of officially recognized writers and dissidents, both well-knownand neglected or forgotten, plus new authors from the end of the century. The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in this era: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the twentieth century. The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story.