Rivers in Russian Literature

by Margaret Ziolkowski

Rivers in Russian Literature focuses on the Russian literary and folkloric treatment of five rivers-the Dnieper, Volga, Neva, Don, and Angara. Each chapter traces, within a geographical and historical context, the evolution of the literary representation of one river. Imagination may endow a river with aesthetic or spiritual qualities; ethnic, national, or racial associations; or commercial or agricultural symbolism of many kinds. Russian literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644531933
• ISBN13: 9781644531938
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher