Pushkin's Historical Imagination 9780300144147

This book explores the historical insights of Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Russia’s most celebrated poet and arguably

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION. History, Fiction, and the Complementarity of Narrative Representations
Part I. History And National Identity
One. The Impediments of Russian History
Two. Chance and Historical Necessity
Part II. History and Narrative
Three. The Historian as Contextualist: Pushkin’s Polemic with Radishchev
Four. History in the Service and Disservice of Life: “The Hero”
Part III. Petra Scandali: Pushkin Confronts Peter the Great
Five. Forging Russian History: The Blackamoor of Peter the Great
Six. Poltava: The Myth of Holy War
Seven. History as Myth: The Bronze Horseman
AFTERWORD
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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Pushkin's Historical Imagination

Russian Literature and Thought Gary Saul Morson, Series Editor

PUSHKIN'S Historical Imagination

Svetlana

Evdokimova

Yale University Press New Haven and London

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