Commemorating Pushkin : Russia's Myth of a National Poet

Stephanie Sandler

ISBN 10: 0804734488 / ISBN 13: 9780804734486

Editore: Stanford University Press Nov 2003, 2003

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Neuware - 'Stephanie Sandler's long-awaited book, Commemorating Pushkin: Russia's Myth of a National Poet, offers us a thorough and erudite look at the Pushkin phenomenon in Russia.Her comments and discussions are at all times perceptive and immensely well-informed, and her readings are nuanced and imaginative.'--Slavic and East European Journal'This book will be of interest to a wide range of Russian cultural scholars, offering both a valuable introduction to the subject of Pushkin's legacy and also detailed insights in specific areas, particularly with regard to visual culture.'--Modern Language Review.

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• Titolo: Commemorating Pushkin : Russia's Myth of a National Poet
• Editore: Stanford University Press Nov 2003
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0804734488
• ISBN 13: 9780804734486
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 242 L x 163 A x 29 P (millimetri) 242 millimetri di larghezza per 163 millimetri di altezza per 29 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 780 grammi

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Riassunto

Two hundred years after his birth, Alexander Pushkin still issues a dynamic, liberating challenge to Russia's cultural identity. His story has promised national coherence and meant artistic integrity in its seemingly purest form. Irreverent and polemical responses to Pushkin abound, but Russians retain a deep investment in Pushkin's image.

Commemorating Pushkin argues that the emotional complexity of Russia's relationship with Pushkin has informed both large-scale cultural institutions and the writings of talented individuals. It assesses twentieth-century museums, anniversary rituals, and films that keep the poet alive. It shows how Pushkin's self-fashioning was exemplary for Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Andrei Bitov, and Andrei Sinyavsky. And it goes beyond well-known figures to give names and histories to poets, novelists, actors, filmmakers, scholars, and museum workers who have sustained Russia's myth of a national poet.

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Stephanie Sandler is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She is the author of a number of books, including Distant Pleasures: Alexander Pushkin and the Writing of Exile (Stanford, 1989).

Stephanie Sandler is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She is the author of a number of books, including Distant Pleasures: Alexander Pushkin and the Writing of Exile (Stanford, 1989).