Scandinavian History:
RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS AS A PRIMARY HISTORICAL SOURCE | Runestones and their usefulness to the historian. |
AN INQUIRY INTO A SCANDINAVIAN HOMELAND FOR THE RUS' | A look at the traces of the Scandinavian origins of the founders of Russia. |
Economic History:
THE PARADOX OF VALUE | Plato's forms and the origin of money. |
SOVIET COOPERATIVES: TRANSIENT OR PERMANENT? | Discussion of Gorbachev's economic reforms, from prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union. |
THE THREAD IN RADISHCHEV'S NEEDLE | The influence of Alexander Radishchev on overly optimistic economic expectations in the historiography of the Russian Emancipation. |
Lit Crit Papers:
THE GOLDMINE OF LEVI-STRAUSS | A short critique of the application of Levi-Strauss's method to folk tales. |
MYTHOLOGICAL ASPECTS IN STRINDBERG'S "THE FATHER" | Greek & Roman mythology underlying Strindberg's play entitled "The Father". |
EVALUATION OF THE PRIMARY CHRONICLE: AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL CHARACTER THEMES | The Russian Primary Chronicle and it's influence on defining the national character traits. |
EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY OF ARCHPRIEST AVVAKUM AS HE HIMSELF PRESENTS IT | A look at the autobiography of the Russian Archpriest Avvakum. |
OBLOMOV: A MAN OF HIS TIME | Goncharov's Oblomov as social commentary. |
TOLSTOY AND LEVIN: ANNIHILATING THE NIHILISTS | A short review of Tolstoy's attack on rationalism through Anna Karenina. |
THE THEME OF CHANGE IN 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE | A short look at the theme of 'change' as used in Petersburg, We, The Master & Margarita and Farewell to Matyora. |
THUS SPOKE NIETZSCHE | Nietzsche's philosophy in the context of his life. |
HOLBERG AND RUSSIA | A brief survey of the impact of Ludvig Holberg on Russia. |
A CRITICISM OF CRITICISM | Towards a poetic description of mathematics. |
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