For Humanity's Sake

For Humanity''s Sake is the first study in English to trace the genealogy of the classic Russian novel, from Pushkin to Tolstoy to Dostoevsky. Lina Steiner demonstrates how these writers'' shared concern for individual and national education played a major role in forging a Russian cultural identity.

For Humanity''s Sake highlights the role of the critic Apollon Grigor''ev, who was first to formula...