Description:In Russian literature, Gypsies are a symbol, an ideal, an unattainable dream rather than an actual people. Freedom, unbound passion and rejection of authority are a dangerous business, and in Russian literature they invariably prove fatal. This incredible volume brings together over a dozen short stories, poems, memoirs and essays that provide invaluable perspective and understanding of the Gypsy motif and experience as expressed in Russian literature.Contents:Introduction: On the role of gypsies in Russian history and literature / Alexei BayerThe Gypsy Girl / Alexander PushkinMakar Chudra / Maxim GorkyGypsies of the Smolensk Province / Vladimir DobrovolskyGypsy Singing and the Cultural Landscape / Galina UlianovaThe Enchanted Wanderer / Nikolai LeskovGypsy Girl / David SamoylovThe Living Corpse - Act 1, Scene 2 (excerpt) / Lev TolstoyThe Tribe of Pharaohs / Alexander KuprinNow, I, who once was proud and haughty / Alexander BlokThe Buryakov Family / Ivan Rom-LebedevO, Manon! / Ludmila UlitskayaGypsies Behind Bars / Olga RomanovaThieves / Alexei BayerWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gypsies (Чтения = Readings #35). To get started finding Gypsies (Чтения = Readings #35), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: In Russian literature, Gypsies are a symbol, an ideal, an unattainable dream rather than an actual people. Freedom, unbound passion and rejection of authority are a dangerous business, and in Russian literature they invariably prove fatal. This incredible volume brings together over a dozen short stories, poems, memoirs and essays that provide invaluable perspective and understanding of the Gypsy motif and experience as expressed in Russian literature.Contents:Introduction: On the role of gypsies in Russian history and literature / Alexei BayerThe Gypsy Girl / Alexander PushkinMakar Chudra / Maxim GorkyGypsies of the Smolensk Province / Vladimir DobrovolskyGypsy Singing and the Cultural Landscape / Galina UlianovaThe Enchanted Wanderer / Nikolai LeskovGypsy Girl / David SamoylovThe Living Corpse - Act 1, Scene 2 (excerpt) / Lev TolstoyThe Tribe of Pharaohs / Alexander KuprinNow, I, who once was proud and haughty / Alexander BlokThe Buryakov Family / Ivan Rom-LebedevO, Manon! / Ludmila UlitskayaGypsies Behind Bars / Olga RomanovaThieves / Alexei BayerWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gypsies (Чтения = Readings #35). To get started finding Gypsies (Чтения = Readings #35), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.