Rank and Style: Russians in State Service, Life, and Literature

by Irina Reyfman

Rank and Style is a collection of essays by Irina Reyfman, a leading scholar of Russian literature and culture. Ranging in topic from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, the essays focus on the interaction of life and literature. In the first part, Reyfman examines how obligatory state service and the Table of Ranks shaped Russian writers' view of themselves as professionals, raising questions about whether the existence of the rank system prompted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193623551X
• ISBN13: 9781936235513
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"