A Voltaire for Russia: A. P. Sumarokov's Journey from Poet-Critic to Russian Philosophe Contributor(s): Ewington, Amanda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810126966 ISBN-13: 9780810126961 Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: July 2010 Click for more in this series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory (Hardcover) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
Dewey: 891.782 |
LCCN: 2010008962 |
Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" L (1.19 lbs) 274 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In A Voltaire for Russia, Amanda Ewington examines the tumultuous literary career of Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov in relation to that of his slightly older French contemporary, Voltaire. Although largely unknown in the English-speaking world, Sumarokov was one of the founding fathers of modern Russian literature, renowned in his own time as a great playwright and prolific poet. A Voltaire for Russia polemicizes with long-accepted readings of Sumarokov as an imitator of French neoclassical poets, ultimately questioning the very notion of a Russian "classicism." Ewington uncovers Sumarokov's poignantly personal devotion to Voltaire as a new framework for understanding not only his works but also his literary allegiances and agenda, as he sets out to establish a Russian literature and cultivate a reading public. |
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