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Poverty of the Imagination: Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature About the Poor (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)
Poverty of the Imagination NineteenthCentury Russian Literature About the Poor - Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Author:David Herman An examination of how 19th-century Russian writers portrayed poverty, and what their portrayal reveals about core values of Russian culture. It focuses on specific texts, such as Karamzin's "Poor Liza" and Pushkin's "Egyptian Nights", but addresses the literary tradition as a whole.