FW: question for 19th century Russian literature specialists

[John C. DeSantis]

Greetings,
    I am a librarian helping a student with her undergraduate thesis.  Although my academic background does include 19th century Russian literature, I do not have the personal or specific knowledge required to answer her questions.  I am posting her query below.
If any of you have any suggestions for authors or for literature on the debutante experience in Russia, please let me know!
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	 "I have narrowed down my thesis to looking at the debutant (and "coming out" as a woman into society) in Russian literature, mostly 	focused on the works of Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Cherneshevsky, Nikolai Leskov and Karolina Pavlova. I was wondering if you 	knew of anyone who could act as a foil to these authors- someone who would be seen as much more traditional in their views (compared to 	these authors who tend to have more feminist and modern opinions). It would be preferable if their works had been translated into English, 	to save me some time! 

	I was also wondering if you knew of anything previously written on this topic. Again, something written or translated into English would be 	preferable. If there isn't anything available about "coming out" in Russian culture, would there possibly be something about debutants in 	English society during a similar time period?"
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Many thanks--

John C. DeSantis, M.A., M.L.S.                   
Bibliographer for Film, Theater and Russian Language and Literature
Room 7 Baker-Berry Library | Dartmouth College
Hanover | New Hampshire 03755 | USA
Email: John.DeSantis at dartmouth.edu
Phone: +1 603- 646-0413
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            John

John C. DeSantis, M.A., M.L.S.                   
Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian                                                                
Bibliographer for Film, Theater and Russian Language and Literature
Room 7 Baker-Berry Library | Dartmouth College
Hanover | New Hampshire 03755 | USA
Email: John.DeSantis at dartmouth.edu
Phone: +1 603- 646-0413

                           

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