Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1. VOLOGDA TO ST. PETERSBURG 13
8. 2. WAR AND PEACE 35
9. 3. THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY 63
10. 4. BACK TO WAR 95
11. 5. THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS 127
12. 6. ARZAMAS AND THE ESSAYS 157
13. 7. TO ITALY 189
14. 8. INTO THE DARK 217
15. NOTES 231
16. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE 235
17. INDEX OF TEXTS BY BATYUSHKOV CITED OR DISCUSSED 237