Literary Journals in Imperial Russia

Originally published in 1998, this was the first volume to examine the extraordinary history of literary journals in imperial Russia.

Deborah A. Martinsen (Edited by)

9780521135221, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 March 2010

284 pages
21.6 x 13.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.32 kg

"This collection is one of the most satisfying and enlightening books I have read in recent years. Thoughtfully compiled by Deborah A. Martinsen, Literary Journals in Imperial Russia...specifically Russian vehicle for public debate...This is the only book-length history of prerevolutionary Russian journalism available in English. It establishese a high standard for further studies of the subject." The Russian Review

Given the restrictions on political action and even political discussion in Russia, Russian literary journals have served as the principal means by which Russia discovered, defined and shaped itself. Every issue of importance for literate Russians - social, economic, literary - made its appearance in one way or another on the pages of these journals, and virtually every major Russian novel of the nineteenth century was first published there in serial form. Literary Journals in Imperial Russia - a collection of essays by leading scholars, originally published in 1998 - was the first work to examine the extraordinary history of these journals in imperial Russia. The major social forces and issues that shaped literary journals during the period are analysed, detailed accounts are provided of individual journals and journalists, and descriptions are offered of the factors that contributed to their success.

1. Introduction Robert A. Maguire
Part I. Eighteenth Century: 2. The creation of journals and the profession of letters in the eighteenth century Gary Marker
Part II. Early Nineteenth Century: 3. Periodicals in literary life of the early nineteenth century William Mills Todd III
4. Journal wars involving N. A. Polevoi's Moscow Telegraph, 1825–1834 Chester Rzadiewicz
Part III. Mid Nineteenth Century: 5. Survey of Russian journals, 1840–1880 Robert L. Belknap
6. Belinsky the journalist and Russian literature Victor Terras
7. The messenger of Europe Alexis Pogorelskin
8. Dostoevsky's Diary of a Writer: journal of the 1870s Deborah A. Martinsen
Part IV. Silver Age: 9. Rise and decline of the 'literary' journal: 1880–1917 Joan Delaney Grossman
10. The literary content of The World of Art William Harkins
11. Northern Herald: from traditional thick journal to forerunner of the avant-garde Stanley Rabinowitz
12. Chekhov and the journals of his time Andrew Durkin
List of titles
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK]