Presents the attempts by Freud to understand the process of artistic creation, focusing on the importance of childhood fantasy.

This study of literature dealing with the fantastic or supernatural explores Northrop Frye's theory of genres and the work of such writers as Poe, Balzac, Nerval, Hoffman, and ...

"This is the first original English-Russian edition of The Secret Journal. It is intended not only for scholars of Russian language and literature, but also for English ...

Introduces readers to the highlights of Russian literature of the ninetieth century with some of the best known works by Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and others. The book ...