Brian James Baer explores the central role played by translation in the construction of modern Russian literature. Peter I's policy of forced Westernization res

Since the early eighteenth century, following Peter the Great’s policy of forced westernization, translation in Russia has been a very visible and much-discus

Explores the complex role played by translation in the development of modern Russian literature and Russian national identity.

"Through examination of the literary and cultural relations among Russia, Japan, and colonial Korea and through understanding of a shared sensibility and litera

Launched in 1950, Penguin’s Russian Classics quickly progressed to include translations of many great works of Russian literature and the series came to be re