Products tagged with Critical Lives

Drawing extensively on Russian-language sources, a concise yet comprehensive survey of the life and work of one of classical music’s great composers.

In Lenin, Lars T. Lih presents a striking new interpretation of Lenin’s political beliefs and strategies. A vivid, non-ideological portrait, Lenin is an essential look at one of the key figures of modern history.

Exploring newly available archives that have opened up following the dissolution of the USSR, Curtis draws on new historical documents in order to trace Bulgakov’s life.

Bird traces Dostoevsky’s path from his harsh childhood through his years as a political revolutionary and finally to his development into a writer, who fought his battles through the printed word.

Setting aside clichés of Tchaikovsky as a tortured homosexual and naively confessional artist, hits book paints a new and vivid portrait of the composer that weaves together insights into his music with a sensitive account of his inner emotional life.