Freedom from Violence and Lies : Essays on Russian Poetry and Music by Simon Karlinsky (Ars Rossica)

Presents a collection of forty-one essays by Simon Karlinsky, a prolific and controversial scholar of modern Russian literature, sexual politics, and music. Among Karlinsky's full-length works are major studies of Marina Tsvetaeva and Nikolai Gogol, Russian Drama from Its Beginnings to the Age of Pushkin; and editions of Anton Chekhov's letters.