Author: FIELD, ANDREW (COMPILER)
Title: The Complection of Russian Literature: A Cento
Description: London, Allen Lane. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713902140) Hard Cover, 9 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight traces of storage. 324pp. A critical cento (a composition formed by joining scraps from other authors) of Russian Literature in an attempt to lead the reader to a radically different understanding of what Russian literature and cuture 'felt like', Includes a fold out photo-montage of 457 Russian writers 'gathered together' in a public square in Moscow. Printed on cream coloured paper. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Writings, Russia, Biographies, Literary Biography - Literary 0713902140


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