Columbia Slavic Studies

A dictionary of over 500 of the most productive roots with their derivatives and compounds designed as a practical teaching aid for vocabulary building especially for English-speaking students.

A collection of sample texts that offer students of Slavic philology and overview of the history of the three Eastern Slavic languages: Russian, Belorussian, and Ukrainian. Text selections are compiled from the 11th to the late 17th centuries.

An extensive anthology of Polish literature in the original with English introductions, commentaries, and notes. Includes literature selections from the Middle Ages up to the end of World War II.

A collection of letters written by Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin during his 18th century travels that record his impressions of people and places and the ideas and attitudes he encountered.

Looks at the theater in Soviet Russia and the price paid through government funding from 1917-1950. Studies the loss of creative freedom that came with the complete subsidy by the Soviet government.

Presents an overview of the development of Polish literature, from the Middle Ages to the end of World War II. This literature is examined against the cultural background of political events, intellectual trends, society, education, and the arts.

Looks at the distribution and subdivisions of the Slavic languages. Also compares the phonology and grammar.

An anthology for those acquainted with the Russian language to experience Medieval Russian literature through selected readings. Includes annotations, grammatical explanations, and a glossary of archaic words no longer used in modern Russian.

A selection of Czech literature beginning with neo-classicism, through pre-realism, to the World Wars. Focuses on shorter selections including poetry and short stories.

Offers six fictional selections to students of Russian which are easy enough to make reading them enjoyable.

An etymological dictionary of Russian with each entry containing examples from all Slavic languages as well as comparative linguistic material drawn from other branches of the Indo-European family of languages.

A symposium to commemorate the birth of Adam Mickiewicz, a Polish poet and professor of Slavic literature. Mickiewicz's work combines romanticism, patriotism, and a mystical vision of Poland's future. Includes the contributions of various foreign writers, sharing their opinions and judgments of Mickiewicz, as a poet, a leader, as well as his relations with the world at large.

A brief but comprehensive bibliography of the most important works, in both Slavic and non-Slavic languages, in the field of Slavic philology. Comprised of works on synchronic and diachronic linguistic science as well as pre-history and early cultural history of the Slavic people.