The History of Pugachev - Couverture souple

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1842124188 ISBN 13 : 9781842124185

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2001

Synopsis

The appearance of Pushkin's The History of Pugachev was greeted with suspicion and hostility by Nicholas I, who had restricted Pushkin's access to the records of the Pugachev Rebellion and who insisted on censoring the book before publication. The Tsar insisted that Pushkin change the title from The History of Pugachev to The History of the Pugachev Rebellion since 'a rebel could not have a history.' The tsar was not the only person to find fault with the History - liberals of the time attacked Pushkin for his lack of social bias, and the conservatives disliked his indictment of the foreign-born generals who conducted the campaign against Pugachev with an eye only on the advancement of their own careers.The History of Pugachev represents a major departure for Pushkin. It is a history written by a poet, yet Pushkin's fieldwork and handling of archival materials is admired by historians today. Pushkin travelled to Kazan, Orenburg and in the Ural territory - an act of heroism in those days. He visited Pugachev's capmpsite, interviewed natives of the region who claimed to have participated in the rebellion, and examined provincial archives. Pushkin the artist takes this raw material and fashions it into a powerful literary and historical narrative of uprising and rebellion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, b. June 6 (N.S.), 1799, d. Feb. 10 (N.S.), 1837, was Russia's greatest poet. His use of the vernacular as the language of poetry freed Russian writing from the constraints of tradition and set new literary standards for novelists and poets, and his preference for subjects from history and folklore brought fresh vitality to Russian literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842124188
• ISBN 13: 9781842124185
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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