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The Positive Hero in Russian Literature
by Rufus W. Mathewson
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0804709769
- ISBN 13
- 9780804709767
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Stanford Univ Press, 1975. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 369 pages, with index. 1978 printing of 1975 second edition of work first issued 1958. A book of the Soviet period, it looks at the pre-history of "Marxist-Leninist" notions of art, starting with the "radical democrat" writers of the 19th century. Ends with consideration of Soviet-era dissidents - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Sinyavsky. Trade paperback, wraps curled at corners and along fore-edge, shelf wear and small (1/4") split at back of spine at crown, dust soil to top edge, minor soil or scratches to fore-edge and back cover, a bit of foxing to end papers. Marginalia by former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff on approximately 15 pages in the Pasternak chapter, other pages unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WBB-1151
- Title
- The Positive Hero in Russian Literature
- Author
- Rufus W. Mathewson
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0804709769
- ISBN 13
- 9780804709767
- Publisher
- Stanford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- RADICAL DEMOCRATS, RAZNOCHINTSY, BELINSKY, CHERNYSHEVSKY, DOBROLYUBOV, MARXISM, LENIN, GORKY, SOVIET DISSIDENTS, PASTERNAK, SOLZHENITSYN, PRESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary history; Literary criticism; Russian and Soviet literature;
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Our standard domestic shipping rate is for USPS Media Mail shipments weighing up to 2 lb. Books are packaged in bubble-pack envelopes or a cardboard box with moisture protection. International shipping rates are for packages weighing up to 2 lb (0.9 kg). Heavier or oversized items may incur a shipping surcharge, which will be stated to the buyer before finalization of the transaction. Shipping charge may be reduced on some books weighing less than 1 lb to U.S. addresses. International Priority shipping charges may be reduced on books that fit in a USPS small flat-rate box. International Standard (First-Class Package International) shipping charges may be reduced for a second or more books if the total package weight does not exceed 2 lb. Shipping speeds are estimates based on carrier delivery times and cannot be guaranteed. If your order will pass through Customs, please expect a delay. Any applicable Customs duties or brokerage fees are the responsibility of the buyer.
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Berthoff Books
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About Berthoff Books
Berthoff Books sells books previously owned by the late Warner B. Berthoff, Professor of English and American Literature, emeritus, at Harvard University, and members of his family. Some books contain marginalia by Warner Berthoff, the late Prof. Ann E. Berthoff (U. Mass-Boston, English composition and rhetoric), or others, which we aim to describe accurately. Our inventory features English and American fiction and poetry, 20th-century literary criticism, world literature, history, and philosophy. Other categories are history and politics of Australia, Asia, South Africa and the Middle East; intelligence agencies and gnostic beliefs; Russian literature and criticism; and Russian and Soviet history.
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