This critical analysis of the two great masters of the Russian novel provides detailed plot summaries of the authors' works and draws on references to Homer, Shakespeare, Flaubert, Zola and Henty in order to illustrate the themes. George Steiner has also written "Language and Silence", "The Death of Tragedy", "After Babel", "In Bluebeard's Castle" and "Real Presences - Is There Anything in What We Say?".
- ISBN10 0571058760
- ISBN13 9780571058761
- Publish Date December 1960
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 369
- Language English