Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. (Nicholas Valentine) 1923-2011

Overview

Works:	93 works in 537 publications in 8 languages and 15,717 library holdings
Genres:	History Criticism, interpretation, etc Conference papers and proceedings Exhibition catalogs Periodicals Sources Academic theses
Roles:	Author, Editor, Thesis advisor, Honoree, Interviewee, Author of introduction
Classifications:	DK40, 947

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Nicholas V Riasanovsky

Nicholas V. Riasanovsky : a bibliography by Molly Molloy( Book )

Most widely held works by Nicholas V Riasanovsky

A history of Russia by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

171 editions published between 1963 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 5,302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A fine one-volume history that covers Russian political, social, and cultural history into the post-Stalin period

The image of Peter the Great in Russian history and thought by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( )

28 editions published between 1984 and 1992 in English and held by 2,463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes how Peter the Great has been depicted in Russian historical accounts, folklore, literature, and art, and shows how the changing image of Peter the Great reflects changes in Russian political and cultural values

The emergence of romanticism by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( )

24 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in English and held by 2,210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Viewed as one of the most tumultuous, momentous movements in the history of world literature, Romanticism and its origins have long been studied by literary critics. In this book, Nicholas Riasanovksy, primarily known as an eminent historian of Russia, offers a refreshing and appealing new interpretation of Romanticism's origins, goals, and influence. The original surge of Romantic thought occurred in England and Germany in the middle to late 1790s, and within a decade had spent itself. Riasanovsky focuses on the explosion of the Romantic impulse, and searches for the origins of the revolutionary vision that made the early Romantic poets in England and Germany take an entirely different view of the world. Pairing two British authors (Wordsworth and Coleridge) with three German authors (Novalis, Friedrich Schlegel, and Wackenroder), Riasanovsky demonstrates that, for all the cultural differences between them, they represent variations on the same "emergence." Essentially, all five were obsessed with the problem of their eternal striving and inability to reach their own goals. All five abandoned the Romantic ideology within a decade and, having supported the goals of the French Revolution in the 1790s, retreated into political conservatism or religious orthodoxy. Riasanovsky identifies the heart of Romanticism as being the creature of a pantheistic religious culture. He stresses that Romanticism was produced only by Western Christian civilization, with its unique view of humankind's relationship to God. The Romantics' frantic and heroic striving for unreachable goals mirrors Christian beliefs in human inability to adequately address God, speak to God, or praise God. Further, Riasanovsky argues that Romantic thought had important political implications, playing a key role in the rise of nationalism in Europe. Offering a historical examination of an area often limited to literary analysis, this book gracefully makes a larger historical statement about the nature and centrality of European Romanticism. Not limited to the cultural historian and the literary critic, The Emergence of Romanticism also makes available to the general reader a jargon-free look at the heady days of Romanticism

Nicholas I and official nationality in Russia, 1825-1855 by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

53 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Russian identities : a historical survey by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( )

27 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and held by 1,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In this new book, Nicholas Riasanovsky, one of the foremost Russian historians, applies a lifetime of study to answer a question that has puzzled historians, politicians, and nationalists for centuries: what does it mean to be Russian? As he shows, the answer to this question has varied over the centuries. The Russian people have lived under a number of different political, social, and economic structures, as the very borders of what is considered Russia have shifted. Rather than impose a false sense of coherence on a past full of contradictions, Riasanovsky explores the many different aspects of Russian identity to explain what it has meant to be Russian during different eras, carrying this monumental and engrossing story from the pre-history of the East Slavs to the post-communist present."--Jacket

Russia and the West in the teaching of the Slavophiles; a study of romantic ideology by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

43 editions published between 1949 and 1965 in 3 languages and held by 920 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The teaching of Charles Fourier by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

11 editions published between 1969 and 1970 in English and held by 766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A parting of ways : government and the educated public in Russia, 1801-1855 by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

10 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Histoire de la Russie : des origines à 1964 by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

23 editions published between 1987 and 2014 in French and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of Russia by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

5 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. It examines all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural. It also explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future

Storia della Russia by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

3 editions published between 1967 and 1972 in Italian and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected writings, 1947-1994 by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

10 editions published between 1993 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of Russia by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

8 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

California Slavic studies. 11 by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

10 editions published between 1960 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

California slavic studies by Allan P Pollard( Book )

8 editions published between 1964 and 1976 in Undetermined and English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

S. 127-148: Ward, Benjamin: Wild socialism in Russia: The origins

A history of Russia by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

7 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Zapiski, 1812-1883 by Aleksandr Ivanovich Koshelev( Book )

1 edition published in 1976 in Russian and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Old Cyrillic and Russian books : the first Romanovs to Pus̆kin : an exhibition in the ... Doe Memorial Library, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Slavic Studies Program, University of California at Berkeley, August 15-October 15, 1981( Book )

2 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Zapiski, 1806-1883 by Aleksandr Ivanovich Koshelev( Book )

3 editions published in 1976 in Russian and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Storia della Russia by Nicholas V Riasanovsky( Book )

1 edition published in 2005 in Italian and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide