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  • Russian Literature and Empireby Susan Layton

    Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 44.00

    The first book to provide a synthesising study of Russian writing about the Caucasus during the nineteenth-century age of empire-building. more...

  • Russian Learners' Dictionaryby Nicholas Brown

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 76.95

    This dictionary contains 10,000 Russian words in order of importance starting with the most common and finishing with words that occur about 8 times in a million. All the words have English translations, many have examples of usage and the entries include information on stress and grammatical irregularities. There is also a complete alphabetical index... more...

  • The Cherry Orchard, and Other Playsby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Julius West

    The Floating Press 1916; US$ 4.95

    The Cherry Orchard was written by Chekhov as a comedy, but directed by Stanislavski as a tragedy on its premier. The play has maintained the dual nature of these intentions ever since. An aristocratic family return to their estate on the eve of auction. Though alternatives present themselves, the family is apathetic and their property is sold. The... more...

  • On the Significance of Science and Artby Leo Nickolayevich Tolstoy

    The Floating Press 2010; US$ 3.99

    Although Tolstoy is best known as a master of literary fiction, he was also an important thinker with a voracious and wide-ranging intellect. In this extended look at the intersection between science and art, Tolstoy frames his own creative process in the context of thousands of years of Western philosophy. more...

  • The Seagullby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

    The Floating Press 2008; US$ 5.99

    The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays. It explores the romantic and artistic tension in the relationships between a young woman, a fading older lady, her playwright son and a popular story writer. The play references Shakespeare's Hamlet both in text and content. It has a cast of eclectic characters whose principle... more...

  • Brüchige Zugehörigkeitenby Gabriele Rosenthal; Viola Stephan; Niklas Radenbach

    Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 26.95

    Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhalt Vorbemerkung9 Kapitel 1 Gegenwärtige Probleme der Zugehörigkeit und ihre historische Bedingtheit Gabriele Rosenthal unter Mitarbeit von Viola Stephan11 1.1Die Enkelinnen und Enkel: Zwischen angestrengter Anpassung und provokativer Abgrenzung?11 1.2Eine Studie zu mehreren Generationen: Fragestellungen - interviewte Personen... more...

  • Einführung in die slavischen Sprachenby Peter Rehder

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 22.64

    Hauptbeschreibung Das von ausgewiesenen Slavisten verfasste Buch bietet eine wissenschaftliche Einführung in die slavischen Sprachen: sowohl in die Standardsprachen der Gegenwart (Russisch, Ukrainisch, Weißrussisch, Polnisch, Tschechisch, Slovakisch, Slovenisch, Kroatisch, Serbisch, Bosnisch, Makedonisch, Bulgarisch) wie auch in die sog. Kleinschriftsprachen... more...

  • Colloquial Czechby James Naughton

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95

    These two 60-minute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Czech, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Czech course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing, and a useful guide to pronunciation. Course components: The complete course comprises the book... more...

  • Completion, Volume 2/Part 1by Jindrich Toman; Stephen Rudy

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 210.00

    The present volume, the ninth in the series, continues De Gruyter Mouton's project of completing Roman Jakobson's Selected Writings. It covers the period between 1916 and 1943, offering texts that have not been reprinted since their original appearance. The range of genres is considerable - linguistic and literary studies are flanked by reviews, conference... more...

  • Playsby Anton Chekhov; Peter Carson

    Penguin Group US 2002; US$ 10.00

    Anton Chekhov wrote that "narrative is my legal wife and drama a flamboyant, rowdy, impudent, exhausting mistress." At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas, and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays that focused on characters grappling with moral questions. His works baffled his audiences, but his sensitive explorations... more...