1st Edition

Prisoner of Russia Alexander Pushkin and the Political Uses of Nationalism

By Yuri Druzhnikov Copyright 1999
466 Pages
by Routledge

466 Pages
by Routledge

454 Pages
by Routledge

As the central figure in Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin (1799û1837) has been claimed by nearly every political faction, right and left, in Russian cultural politics over the past two centuries, culminating in his official canonization under the Soviet regime. In Prisoner of Russia, Yuri Druzhnikov analyzes the distortions and misrepresentations of Pushkin's cultural appropriation by... Read more

Pushkin Intends to Go Abroad

Conflict of Mind and Heart

To Greece with the Greeks

Pleas and Rejections

Money for Departure

The Hour of Farewell

Legally for Medical Reasons

Hope and Fear

Moscow, Here’s Your New Pushkin

The Hangover after Glory

I Have the Honor to Inform

Genius and Villainy

Caucasus Crossing the Border

Missing My Chains

Selective Bibliography

Biography

Yuri Druzhnikov