An Anthology of Russian Women's Writing, 1777-1992

This anthology provides a sense of the development of Russian women's writing over the last 200 years.

Including texts from well-known writers such as Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Elena Shvarts and Olga Sedakova, the books also features lesser-known authors, such as Sofya Soboleva, Olga Shapir, Marilya Shkapskaya, Anna Barkova and Vera Merkureva.

All translations have been commissioned for this book, and poetry is presented in the original Russian as well as in English.

The book is a companion volume to Dr Kelly's "History of Russian Women's Writing 1820-1992", and should be a source for readers and students of women's writing, and for all those concerned with women's history, the history of feminism and Russian literature in general.

Catriona Kelly is the author of "Petrushka: The Russian Carnival Puppet Theatre" and co-editor (with Michael Makin and David Shepherd) of "Discontinuous Discourses in Modern Russian Literature".

She has translated Leonid Borodin, "The Third Truth" and Sergei Kaledin, "The Humble Cemetery".