Books by Andrew (Professor of Russian Literature Kahn

Drawing on examples from across the globe and throughout history, Andrew Kahn explores the key characteristics of the short story. He shows how its rise was intertwined with international print culture, and discusses the essential techniques within this thriving literary genre, as well as the ways in which it is constantly innovated, even today.

A critical study of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. It positions him in the literary, ideological, and aesthetic culture of his time as a writer embroiled in the changing literary culture and personal ethics of a new world.