This unique scholarly work, the work of more than 100 contributors worldwide, would have been more accurately titled 'encyclopedia' since most entries are extensive, many covering several pages ...A well designed format throughout makes for a very useable tool... Choice
How to Use this Dictionary List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: Russian Women Writers 1760-1992 Dictionary of Russian Women Writers Appendix A: Chronology of Russian Women Writers Appendix B: Time Line of Russian Women Writers in Historical Context Bibliography Index
MARINA LEDKOVSKY is Professor of Russian at Barnard College/Columbia University. CHARLOTTE ROSENTHAL is Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Classics at the University of Southern Maine. MARY ZIRIN is an independent researcher-translator based in Altadena, California, and editor of the newsletter Women: East-West.
?This dictionary is a vital resource for all scholars interested in
the subect of women in Russia....the Dictionary can be used as a
history of Russian women's literature....In fact, this reference
work will make exciting new research projects possible for the
century leading up to the Great Reforms...Zirin's work in this
field is pathbreaking and this reviewer hopes that this easy-to-use
reference tool will encourage other scholars and students to
conduct research on this important period in modern women's
history....The Dictionary of Russian Women Writers is an extremely
valuable reference tool. Its organization is impeccable. It is an
inspiration and leads to sources that will keep keep scholars
working in the field of Russian women's studies busy for some time
to come.?-SEEJ
?This unique scholarly book, the work of more than 100 contributors
worldwide, would have been more accurately titled 'encyclopedia'
since most entries are extensive, many covering several pages. A
well-designed format throughout makes for a very useable tool for
upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice
?This volume is a bio-bibliographical dictionary in the best
Russian tradition. Clearly a labor of love on the part of its
editors--it is a resource that will be welcome by literary scholars
and historians alike. As a contribution to the (re)discovery of
Russian women writers, this work is without peer. This dictionary
should be in the library of everyone interested in Russian and
comparative literature, Russian history and women's
studies.?-Canadian Slavonic Papers
"This unique scholarly book, the work of more than 100 contributors
worldwide, would have been more accurately titled 'encyclopedia'
since most entries are extensive, many covering several pages. A
well-designed format throughout makes for a very useable tool for
upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice
"This volume is a bio-bibliographical dictionary in the best
Russian tradition. Clearly a labor of love on the part of its
editors--it is a resource that will be welcome by literary scholars
and historians alike. As a contribution to the (re)discovery of
Russian women writers, this work is without peer. This dictionary
should be in the library of everyone interested in Russian and
comparative literature, Russian history and women's
studies."-Canadian Slavonic Papers
"This dictionary is a vital resource for all scholars interested in
the subect of women in Russia....the Dictionary can be used as a
history of Russian women's literature....In fact, this reference
work will make exciting new research projects possible for the
century leading up to the Great Reforms...Zirin's work in this
field is pathbreaking and this reviewer hopes that this easy-to-use
reference tool will encourage other scholars and students to
conduct research on this important period in modern women's
history....The Dictionary of Russian Women Writers is an extremely
valuable reference tool. Its organization is impeccable. It is an
inspiration and leads to sources that will keep keep scholars
working in the field of Russian women's studies busy for some time
to come."-SEEJ
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