CONTENTS I. THE EPIC AGE 1. Epic Poetry and "The Word of Igor's Armament" 7 2. Folk-Songs and Folk-Lore 7 II. TIME OF PETER THE GREAT AND CATHERINE THE GREAT 1. Peter the Great 9 2. Catherine the Great 10 III. EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTHORS 1. Age of Alexander 1 12 2. A Dramatist and Two Poets 13 IV. PUSHKIN, BYELINSKI AND HERZEN 1. Aleksandr Sergyeevich Pushkin, 1799- 1837 16 2. Byelinski and Herzen 18 V. NIKOLAY VASILEVICH GOGOL, 1809-1852 1. Gogol the Man and Literary Craftsman. . 19 2. Gogol's Writings 19 VI. IVAN SERGYEEVICH TURGENEV, 1818-1883 1. Turgenev the Man 22 2. Turgenev the Artist 22 VII. IVAN SERGYEEVICH TURGENEV, 1818-1883 (Continued) 1. Turgenev the Novelist 23 2. Turgenev the Novelist (Continued) 23 VIII. LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY, 1828-1910 1. Tolstoy's Life 26 2. Tolstoy the Educator, Reformer and Phi- losopher 26
