Metaphysical Conflict. A Study of the Major Novels of Ivan Turgenev

Written between 1855 and 1862, the four novels "Rudin", "A Nest o f the Gentry", "On the Eve" and "Fathers and Sons" are generally recognised as Turgenev's most notable contribution to Russian and world literature. Are they primarily social chronicles, as...

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Main Author: Woodward, James B. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 1990
Series:Slavistische Beitraege 261
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