Alexander Pushkin: Eugene Onegin
A. D. P. Briggs
This is a lively and readable guide to Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse Eugene Onegin, a landmark of European Romanticism, and arguably the best of all Russian poetry. Professor Briggs addresses the question of how such remarkable poetry can have been composed about a rather banal plot, and considers the form of the work and its poetic techniques in detail. He offers fresh interpretations of the characters and events of the poem, and sets it against its European background. He discusses its influence - notably Tchaikovsky's operatic version - and points to its life-affirming philosophy and spirit of joyfulness. The book includes a chronological chart and a guide to further reading.
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Année:
1992
Editeur::
Cambridge University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
128
ISBN 10:
0521384729
ISBN 13:
9780521384728
Collection:
Landmarks of World Literature
Fichier:
PDF, 983 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1992