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Four Russian Serf Narratives (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
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Paperback. Identifying and documenting the conditions of Russian serfs has proven difficult because the Russian state discouraged literacy among the serfs and censored public expressions of dissent. This title offers a collection of autobiographies by serfs. Editor(s): MacKay, John. Translator(s): MacKay, John. Series Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b/w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Although millions of Russians lived as serfs until the middle of the nineteenth century, little is known about their lives. Identifying and documenting the conditions of Russian serfs has proven difficult because the Russian state discouraged literacy among the serfs and censored public expressions of dissent. To date scholars have identified only twenty known Russian serf narratives. ""Four Russian Serf Narratives"" contains four of these accounts and is the first translated collection of autobiographies by serfs. Scholar and translator John MacKay brings to light for an English-language audience a diverse sampling of Russian serf narratives, ranging from an autobiographical poem ... Read more
Although millions of Russians lived as serfs until the middle of the nineteenth century, little is known about their lives. Identifying and documenting the conditions of Russian serfs has proven difficult because the Russian state discouraged literacy among the serfs and censored public expressions of dissent. To date scholars have identified only twenty known Russian serf narratives. ""Four Russian Serf Narratives"" contains four of these accounts and is the first translated collection of autobiographies by serfs. Scholar and translator John MacKay brings to light for an English-language audience a diverse sampling of Russian serf narratives, ranging from an autobiographical poem ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299233747
SKU
V9780299233747
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About
John MacKay is professor of Slavic and East European languages and literatures and film studies and chair of the Film Studies Program at Yale University. He is author of Inscription and Modernity: From Wordsworth to Mandelstam.
Reviews for Four Russian Serf Narratives (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
MacKay's highly selective choice of texts will astonish readers in its remarkable diversity of genres and autobiographical contexts. It is a major contribution to comparative cultural studies of slave societies. - Dale E. Peterson, author of Up from Bondage: The Literatures of Russian and African American Soul