{"product_id":"what-is-to-be-done-paperback","title":"What Is to Be Done? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikolai Chernyshevsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael R. Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No work in modern literature, with the possible exception of \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, can compete with \u003ci\u003eWhat Is to Be Done?\u003c\/i\u003e in its effect on human lives and its power to make history. For Chernyshevsky's novel, far more than Marx's Capital, supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went to make the Russian Revolution.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e― \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost from the moment of its publication in 1863, Nikolai Chernyshevsky's novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is to Be Done?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, had a profound impact on the course of Russian literature and politics. The idealized image it offered of dedicated and self-sacrificing intellectuals transforming society by means of scientific knowledge served as a model of inspiration for Russia's revolutionary intelligentsia. On the one hand, the novel's condemnation of moderate reform helped to bring about the irrevocable break between radical intellectuals and liberal reformers; on the other, Chernyshevsky's socialist vision polarized conservatives' opposition to institutional reform. Lenin himself called Chernyshevsky \"the greatest and most talented representative of socialism before Marx\"; and the controversy surrounding \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is to Be Done?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e exacerbated the conflicts that eventually led to the Russian Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael R. Katz's readable and compelling translation is now the definitive unabridged English-language version, brilliantly capturing the extraordinary qualities of the original. William G. Wagner has provided full annotations to Chernyshevsky's allusions and references and to the, sources of his ideas, and has appended a critical bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introduction by Katz and Wagner places the novel in the context of nineteenth-century Russian social, political, and intellectual history and literature, and explores its importance for several generations of Russian radicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael R. Katz is C. V. Starr Professor of Russian Studies at Middlebury College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Ballad in Early Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDreams and the Unconscious in Nineteenth-Century Russian Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. Katz is also translator of many books, including\u003ci\u003e The Five\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSanin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is to Be Done?\u003c\/i\u003e also from Cornell. William Wagner is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Russian, Soviet, and East European Studies Program at Williams College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228975939833,"sku":"9780801495472","price":59.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MUlFdlErUmFLU2cwVVU0QThpYTMwZz09.webp?v=1768296906","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/what-is-to-be-done-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}