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Baltic Literature | For younger readers | Latvia

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Baltic Literature

Ezergailis, Inta. Nostalgia and Beyond: Eleven Latvian Women Writers. University Press of America, 1997.

Kelertas, Violeta, ed. 'Come into My Time': Lithuania in Prose Fiction, 1970-90. University of Illinois Press, 1992.

Moseley, Christopher, ed. From Baltic Shores. Dufour, 1994. Modern short stories.

Pruul, Kajar, and Darlene Reddaway, eds. Trans. Ritva Poom. Estonian Short Stories. Northwestern University Press, 1995.

Rubulis, Aleksis. Baltic Literatures: A Survey of Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian Literatures. University of Notre Dame Press, 1970. History and criticism; includes texts in translation.

For younger readers

Latvia: Then and Now. Lerner, 1992. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Flint, David. The Baltic States. Millbrook, 1992. Historical perspective, for readers in grades 4 to 6.

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Latvia

Bilmanis, Alfred. History of Latvia. Greenwood, 1970. From post-tribal times through the end of World War II; reprint of 1951 edition.

Dreifelds, Juris. Latvia in Transition. Cambridge University Press, 1996. Brief, but well-balanced overview of Latvia.

Iwaskiw, Walter R., ed. Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania: Country Studies. Library of Congress, 1997. A concise survey of the history, economy, society, and culture of each nation.

Lieven, Anatol. The Baltic revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the path to independence. Yale University Press, 1994. A portrait of the Baltic states and peoples, their history and culture, and a personal report of their struggles since 1989.

Misiunas, Romuald and Rein Taagepera. The Baltic States: Years of Dependence 1940-1990. University of California Press, 1993. A concise and well-documented account of the Soviet period in the Baltic states.

Noble, John. Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. Lonely Planet, 1997, 2000. Travel guide.

Plakans, Andrejs. Historical Dictionary of Latvia. Scarecrow Press, 1997. A comprehensive reference.

Plakans, Andrejs. The Latvians: A Short History. Hoover Institution Press, 1997. This history of Latvia covers its recently won independence.

Ruggiero, Adriene. The Baltic Countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Silver Burdett, 1998. Describes the people, culture, and history of three former Soviet republics.

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