Self and Story in Russian History

by Laura Engelstein

Book Overview

Russians have often been characterized as people with souls rather than selves. Self and Story in Russian History challenges the portrayal of the Russian character as selfless, self-effacing, or self-torturing by exploring the texts through which Russians have defined themselves as private persons and shaped their relation to the cultural community. The stories of self under consideration here reflect the perspectives of men and women from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437911
• ISBN13: 9780801437915
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher