Garrard, John Gordon The Eighteenth Century in Russia , London: Oxford University Press, 1973.

Illustrated by Plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0198156383 Dust jacket complete except price clipped, now in a clear protective sleeve. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Includes bibliographical references. xiii, 356 pages clean and tight. During the eighteenth century, which marked the beginning of the modern period for Russia no less than for other nations, the Russians sought to resume their rightful place in the Western intellectual and cultural community. The contributors to this volume, which covers topics ranging from education to urban planning, devote their attention to the nature and results of Russian contacts with the art and thought of Europe, and to the pressures of Russia's own intellectual and socio-political growth, and the effect it had on what the Russians chose to borrow, what they rejected, and why. The Introduction sketches in the background and attempts to illustrate, with special reference to Literature, the paradoxes and dynamics of the period. (Book ref. 128068)  £21.00

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