The Invention of Mikhail Lomonosov: A Russian National Myth 9781618116727
This study explores the evolution of Lomonosov’s imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth c
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Honor and Status in Lomonosov’s “Autobiography”
Chapter 2. Russia’s “Own Platos and Quick-Witted Newtons”: Inventing the Scientist
Chapter 3. Lomonosov in the Age of Pushkin
Chapter 4. Commemorating Russia’s “First Scientist”
Chapter 5. Boris Menshutkin and the “Rediscovery” of Lomonosov
Epilogue. Afterlife of the Myth
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Honor and Status in Lomonosov’s “Autobiography”
Chapter 2. Russia’s “Own Platos and Quick-Witted Newtons”: Inventing the Scientist
Chapter 3. Lomonosov in the Age of Pushkin
Chapter 4. Commemorating Russia’s “First Scientist”
Chapter 5. Boris Menshutkin and the “Rediscovery” of Lomonosov
Epilogue. Afterlife of the Myth
Bibliography
Index
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