Though vigorously pursued since the turn of the century, Western studies of the Renaissance, including those in this country, have not hitherto encompassed eastern Europe. Therefore, the appearance of the first comprehensive assessment of Slavic literatures of the period, by I. N. Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Ital’ianskoe Vozrozhdenie i slavianskie literatury XV-XVI vekov, Moscow, 1963), should be welcomed by Slavicists and by students of the Renaissance and the Reformation as an event of considerable significance.