Social Functions of Literature: Alexander Pushkin and Russian Culture

Author/Contributor(s):	Debreczeny, Paul
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	01/01/1997
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

This study of the effect of literature on readers, both as individuals and as members of social groups, focuses on Russia's national poet, Alexander Pushkin, as a model for investigating the aesthetic and social functions of literature.