"Poor Liza" and Other Stories Nikolai Karamzin

One of the distinguishing features of Russia in the 19th century was its rigid class hierarchy, which dominated all aspects of Russian life, but most importantly the way that those from different classes related to one another; the upper class...

In his “Review of Twice Told Tales,” Edgar Allan Poe argues the superiority of the short story form. In doing so, Poe compares the short story to the poem and novel, speaking about the features of the short story which make it better than other...

In his article “Literature,” David M. Bethea explains how “the pagan concept of “mother Earth” and the Christian concept of “Holy Russia” … were telescoped again, made extension of each other. As a result, perhaps the greatest of all modern...