Outstanding Russian Lit Web Resource

[David Powelstock]

Dear SEELANGERs,
I want to draw your attention to the most remarkable web resource for the
study of Russian literature I have ever seen, "Fundamental'naia elektronnaia
biblioteka russkoi literatury i fol'klora" (http://feb-web.ru/index.htm). It
is a growing, fully searchable database that includes both primary texts and
the best secondary sources for each author/subject.  Only a few author
databases are working at this point, including those for Pushkin, Lermontov,
Griboedov, Boratynskii, Batiushkov, Esenin--but they are adding stuff all
the time.  I've been working with the Lermontov database, and it is hard to
exaggerate how wonderful a tool this is.  A few highlights:

--the database includes several of the most important editions of
Lermontov's works, as well as a sizable collection of the most important
Lermontov scholarship--some of these volumes are quite hard to find in "hard
copy"

--all of the texts are given with the original pagination (for purposes of
citations) and include all footnotes in hypertext format

--the databases are fully searchable with the powerful Yandex search engine,
including all Boolean operators plus some other wonderful search syntax

--there are placeholders for planned authors & texts, so you can see what's
ahead for the site

--the site's authors maintain a guest book, which they actively monitor,
posting thoughtful responses to requests and comments

It's really phenomenal.  If Russian literature is your field, you simply
must check it out.

All best wishes,

David Powelstock
(PLEASE NOTE NEW E-MAIL:)
powelstock at alumni.princeton.edu

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