Books in the NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature series

This volume considers Boris Pasternak's Russian classic, ""Doctor Zhivago"". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition, and includes considerations of existing translations and of textual problems in the original Russian.

Julian Connolly's companion to Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading includes a general introduction discussing the work in the context of Nabokov's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. Also included are primary sources and other background materials.

This volume considers the Russian writer Bulgakov's work, ""The master and Margarita"". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. It also discusses existing translations and textual problems in the original Russian version.

Dostoevsky's openly political novel ""The Devils"" has left scholars intrigued with its difficult narrative structure, and fascinated by the social commentary it includes. This text contains essays that shed light on the literary structure of the novel as well as its social and political components.