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This Couple Reign in Russian Literature August 27, 2024
The first time Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translated a Russian novel together, it felt as though another man had joined their marriage: Dostoyevsky.“It was a mariage à trois,” Volokhonsky said over coffee at her and Pevear’s rambling apar...
The Russian Lit Plot Twist of Today’s American Politics August 27, 2024
When Russian literature becomes necessary to explain democratic elections in the West, something has gone very, very wrong. As John Adams said, the American republic was designed for moral and religious people. So, when unambiguous machinations at th...
Faith and Russian Literature April 19, 2024
Russians take positions to the extreme. As a result, Russian intellectual history shows us where ideas may lead—and in Russia’s case, really did. The English prided themselves on moderation and suspicion of radical abstractions, but Russians regarded...
