Commemorating Pushkin - Russia's Myth of a National Poet (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	2004
Authors:	Stephanie Sandler
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth
Pages:	432
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-3448-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-3448-8
Barcode:	9780804734486

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