Philosophy in Literature Blog
"..say goodbye to each day.."
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), a man of African heritage born into Russian nobility, became the father of modern Russian literature credited with transformed every form of Russian literature he touched....
"..say goodbye to each day.."
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), a man of African heritage born into Russian nobility, became the father of modern Russian literature credited with transformed every form of Russian literature he touched....
Golden Age of Personal Letters
A personal letter can often provide great insight into the heart and soul of the writer. Today’s passage is a taken from a personal letter that Anton Chekhov, son of...
Golden Age of Personal Letters
A personal letter can often provide great insight into the heart and soul of the writer. Today’s passage is a taken from a personal letter that Anton Chekhov, son of...
Sketches for a Hunter's Album
Today’s passage was taken from a story published in the book, “Sketches for a Hunter’s Album’” for which Ivan Turgenev ( toor-gye-nyif) was arrested and exiled from Moscow for three years....
Sketches for a Hunter's Album
Today’s passage was taken from a story published in the book, “Sketches for a Hunter’s Album’” for which Ivan Turgenev ( toor-gye-nyif) was arrested and exiled from Moscow for three years....
Dead Souls
Nikoli Gogol’s (Gaw-gol) stories tend to feature everyday people—with all their socially dysfunctional characteristics and attributes—to explore the depths of the human soul in the face of injustices created by...
Dead Souls
Nikoli Gogol’s (Gaw-gol) stories tend to feature everyday people—with all their socially dysfunctional characteristics and attributes—to explore the depths of the human soul in the face of injustices created by...
"..vexation seethes in our breasts.."
Most of the nineteenth-century Russian writers and thinkers lived and worked in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In spite of the stresses of urban living, they were fully aware of the...
"..vexation seethes in our breasts.."
Most of the nineteenth-century Russian writers and thinkers lived and worked in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In spite of the stresses of urban living, they were fully aware of the...
"Tranquility...the sign of power"
Today’s passage blog is from Mikhail Lermontov’s “Princess Mary” an 1840 novella contained in his novel “A Hero of Our Time.” The story is told through diary entries of the...
"Tranquility...the sign of power"
Today’s passage blog is from Mikhail Lermontov’s “Princess Mary” an 1840 novella contained in his novel “A Hero of Our Time.” The story is told through diary entries of the...