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Author | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin |
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Original title | Современная идиллия |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Political satire, picaresque novel, menippean satire[1] |
Publisher | Otechestvennye Zapiski |
Publication date | 1883 |
Publication place | Russian Empire |
Modern Idyll (Russian: Современная идиллия, romanized: Sovremennaya idilliya, also mentioned as Contemporary Idyll) is a satirical novel (viewed alternatively as a thematically linked short story collection) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, started in 1877 and originally serialized by Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine. It came out as a separate edition in 1883 to great public and critical acclaim.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "М. Е. Салтыков-щедрин и античная литература". Культура И Текст. 4 (22): 14–24. 2015.
- ^ Zhuk, A.A. (1973). "Commentaries to the Modern Idyll". Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. The Works by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin in 20 volumes. Vol. XV, book 1. Retrieved 2014-01-13.