BIBFRAME Work

Title

How Russian literature became great

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Hellebust, Rolf (author )

Subject

• Canon (Literature)--History (LCSH)
• Literature and society--Russia--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Criticism--Russia--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Russian literature--19th century--History and criticism (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: PG2949 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 891.709/003 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"This book examines literary tradition as manifested in the nineteenth-century Russian canon and the discourse of historians and critics. The conditions of its formation make this tradition the epitome of a unified cultural text, in which stories of progress and decline unfold through the symbolic biographical encounters of its members"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

A nation saved by the word -- Tradition as chimera -- Tradition as norm-system and narrative -- Literary history and national identity -- The redemptive mission -- The canonic moment -- Beginnings and endings.

Authorized Access Point

Hellebust, Rolf. How Russian literature became great

Geographic Coverage

• Soviet Union

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:22:38.902392+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23258467

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc