The Cambridge Companion to Pushkin

The most complete guide to Pushkin's work available in English.

Andrew Kahn (Edited by)

9780521843676, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 December 2006

260 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 map
23.5 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.549 kg

'The Cambridge Companion to Pushkin succeeds brilliantly at its task: not merely to showcase Pushkin's genius but to contextualize it, repeatedly stressing the poet's vitality and relevance to today's world. It is a crucial addition to the library of every Pushkin scholar.' Modern Language Review

Alexander Pushkin stands in a unique position as the founding father of Russian literature. In this Companion, leading scholars discuss Pushkin's work in its political, literary, social and intellectual contexts. In the first part of the book individual chapters analyse his poetry, his theatrical works, his narrative poetry and historical writings. The second section explains and samples Pushkin's impact on broader Russian culture by looking at his enduring legacy in music and film from his own day to the present. Special attention is given to the reinvention of Pushkin as a cultural icon during the Soviet period. No other volume available brings together such a range of material and such comprehensive coverage of all Pushkin's major and minor writings. The contributions represent state-of-the-art scholarship that is innovative and accessible, and are complemented by a chronology and a guide to further reading.

Chronology
Map
Introduction
Part I. Texts and Contexts: 1. Pushkin's life David Bethea and Sergei Davydov
2. Pushkin's lyric identities Andrew Kahn
3. Evgenii Onegin Marcus Levitt
4. Pushkin's drama Caryl Emerson
5. Pushkin's long poems and the epic impulse Michael Wachtel
6. Prose fiction Irina Reyfman
7. Pushkin and politics Oleg Proskurin
8. Pushkin and history Simon Dixon
9. Pushkin and the art of the letter Mikhail Gronas
10. Pushkin and literary criticism William Mills Todd III
Part II. The Pushkinian Tradition: 11. Pushkin in music Boris Gasparov
12. Pushkin and Russia abroad Robert Hughes
13. Pushkin filmed: life stories, literary works and variations on the myth Stephanie Sandler
14. Pushkin in Soviet and post-Soviet culture Evgeny Dobrenko
Appendix on Verse-Forms
Guide to further reading.

Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]