Napoleon in the Russian Imaginary: The Idea of the Great Man in the Works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Merezhkovsky, and Evgenii Tarle - Hardcover

by Gary Rosenshield (Author)

Napoleon in the Russian Imaginary focuses on the response of Russia's greatest writers--poets, novelists, critics, and historians--to the idea of "Great Man" as an agent of transformational change as it manifests itself in the person and career of Napoleon.

Author Biography

Gary Rosenshield is professor emeritus of Slavic languages and Jewish studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.