An Anthology of Russian Literature from

Nicholas Rzhevsky (PhD, Princeton) is Professor and Chair of the department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Stony Brook University

Introduction

ix

Nicholas Rzhevsky

I Cultural Beginnings

3

(38)

The Tale of Igor

11

(10)

Anonymous

``Boris and Gleb''

21

(12)

Anonymous

``The Life of Alexis, Holy Man of God''

33

(8)

Anonymous

II The Emerging Self

41

(38)

The Life of Avvakum

46

(33)

Avvakum

III The Search for Identity

79

(68)

``Felicity''

91

(8)

Gavrila Derzhavin

``The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa''

99

(5)

Anonymous

``Poor Liza''

104

(14)

Nikolai Karamzin

``The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale''

118

(14)

Alexander Pushkin

``Borodino''

132

(4)

Mikhail Lermontov

``Taman.'' From A Hero of Our Time

136

(11)

Mikhail Lermontov

IV Subversions of Secularization

147

(254)

Boris Godunov

161

(75)

Alexander Pushkin

``The Queen of Spades''

236

(23)

Alexander Pushkin

``The Overcoat''

259

(26)

Nikolai Gogol

``Bezhin Meadow''

285

(18)

Ivan Turgenev

``The Meek Woman: A Fantastic Story''

303

(35)

Fedor Dostoevsky

``Lefty (A Skaz about Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and a Steel Flea)''

338

(30)

Nikolai Leskov

``Holstomer: The Story of a Horse''

368

(33)

Leo Tolstoy

V New Aesthetic Languages

401

(54)

``The Lady with the Lapdog''

407

(15)

Anton Chekhov

The Cherry Orchard. Act I

422

(16)

Anton Chekhov

``A Puppet Show''

438

(3)

Alexander Blok

``The Gray-Eyed King''

441

(2)

Anna Akhmatova

``Listen!''

443

(2)

Vladimir Mayakovsky

``I ask the mirror for a glimpse . . .''

445

(2)

Marina Tsvetaeva

``Verses About Moscow''

447

(2)

Marina Tsvetaeva

``Barely a Tenth''

449

(2)

Valery Briusov

``The Escape.'' From Petersburg

451

(4)

Andrei Bely

VI Thresholds: Soviet Culture and Beyond

455

(98)

``The King''

466

(7)

Isaak Babel

``Farewell, my friend, farewell . . .''

473

(1)

Sergei Esenin

``The Union of the Sword and the Plow.'' From The Twelve Chairs

474

(11)

Ilf

Petrov

Virgin Soil Upturned. Chapter 7, Book 1

485

(5)

Mikhail Sholokhov

Crime and Punishment: A Comedy in One Act

490

(14)

Mikhail Zoshchenko

``We live without feeling . . .''

504

(2)

Osip Mandelstam

``The Last Toast''

506

(1)

Anna Akhmatova

``Makarov and Peterson.'' No. 3

507

(2)

Daniil Kharms

Chapayev Anecdotes

509

(2)

Anonymous

``Black Magic and Its Exposure.'' From The Master and Margarita

511

(14)

Mikhail Bulgakov

``Hamlet''

525

(2)

Boris Pasternak

``Morning Exercise''

527

(2)

Vladimir Vysotsky

``Wooden Horses''

529

(24)

Fedor Abramov

Notes

553

(28)

Selected Bibliography

581

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