From Puskin to Mayakovsky: A Study in the Evolution of a Literature

by Janko Lavrin

Essays on the major Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including poets, novelists, and dramatists.

308 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 1971

About the author

Janko Lavrin was a Slovenian literary historian, essayist, novelist, translator, poet and editor.

He was the editor of European Quarterly, a member of International PEN, and the founder of the Slavic Department at the University of Nottingham, where he was professor of Russian literature.