Letters from France and Italy, 1847-1851 (Russian and East European Studies) - Hardcover

Herzen, Aleksandr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822938901 ISBN 13: 9780822938903

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996

Synopsis

Herzen (1812-1870) led a remarkable life as publisher and journalist, enemy of czarist oppression, voice for the Russian opposition and, later, as eyewitness to the 1848 revolution in France and to the early episodes of revolution in the states of the Italian peninsula. His letters, translated from the Italian and edited by Judith Zimmerman (history, U. of Pittsburgh) clearly display his brilliant wit and sensibility and the evolution of his socialist beliefs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

Review:

Alexander Herzen became a representative figure in both Russia and the West as an irrepressible enemy and victim of tsarist oppression, and he made major theoretical contributions to the development of Russian socialist ideology. Herzen was an eyewitness to the 1848 Revolution in France and the rather operatic early episodes of revolution in the states of the Italian Peninsula. His description of events in Paris ranks with the works of Marx and Tocqueville as a classic account of the revolution. Judith Zimmerman's translation is elegant, idiomatic, highly accurate, and creatively annotated, bringing a major work by a figure considered to be one of the great prose stylists of the nineteenth century and certainly one of the most fascinating Russians of his time. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0822938901
• ISBN 13: 9780822938903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Zimmerman Judith E.