Synopses & Reviews
"... the first thorough-going feminist study of Russian literature." --The Slavonic Review
"... a ground-breaking book.... Written with verve and wit... a pleasure to read." --Slavic Review
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Fictions of Russian Men
1. The Russian Heroine: Where to Find Her and Where Not to
2. Misogny and the Power of Silence
3. Tolstoy's Path toward Feminism
4. Woman Is Everywhere Passive: Chekhov and the Century's End
Part II. Women's Autobiography in Russia
5. Public and Private Lives
6. Mothers and Daughters
7. The Emerging Writer
Part III. Women's Poetry in Russia
8. From Folklore through the Nineteenth Century
9. Four Modern Women Poets
Conclusions....and Continuations
Notes
Index