| GYRATION: a tribute to the golden age of Russian literature |
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The Golden Age of Russian Literature may well be the
height of world literature. Nineteenth century Russia gave us what is
arguably the greatest novelist of any time (Fyodor Dostoevsky) as well
as the (mostly) undisputed best novel ever written (War and Peace by
Tolstoy). This site will cover the
achievments of the greatest luminaries of this era. The site is created by myself, John Trapp. I became interested in Russian literature while incarcerated. I turned to the Russian authors during this time for their deep and resounding message of suffering and redemption, two things that I sought at that time. Now, twenty years later, I find myself in the position of being able to give something back to the genre which played such an important part in making me the man that I am today. While this site is billed as a "tribute", its actual goal is to bring these authors to a wider audience. While more than a hundred years and two continents seperate me from these authors, their writings spoke to me like no others had before or have since. I am beginning work on the site on January 29, 2008. I cannot imagine finishing within the first year. It is my hope to build this site into the definitive one-stop spot on the world wide web for the works of these authors who make up the Golden Age of Russian literature. If you would like to know what is new, check out this site's companion blog. The following is my projections for finishing the site (in about a year): 1) continue to post the primary texts--this is ongoing and will be done simultaneously with the following steps. 2)
write up an introduction to the "golden age"--should include social,
cultural, and political background--create timeline or list important
dates--make the home page inviting and informative 3) For each author; write biography, bibliography, and perhaps a timeline or list of important dates. Some of this can be taken from out of copyright books. I may ask the Author's Calendar for permission to republish some of theirs. 4)Add lesser known authors (I arbitrarily left out Lermontov...maybe add him in)--could create another subpage with works from them. 5) Continue with step 1. ##All steps can be done in any order. I have full faith that all of the works here presented are in the public domain. Should you feel otherwise, don't hesitate to contact me to achieve an amicable resolution to any disagreement. I have two other sites available on the internet: The Agora and my personal page Foggytown. This site will seek to imitate the structure used on The Agora with each subpage being a stand alone page that is not dependent upon the main page for either its meaning or its content. john trapp 1/29/08 |