Creating the empress politics and poetry in the age of Catherine II

In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from this period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Proskurina, V. I͡U (-)
Autor Corporativo:	National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program funder (funder)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Brighton, Mass. : Academic Studies Press 2011.
Edición:	1st ed
Colección:	Ars Rossika.
Materias:	Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796 > In literature. Russian poetry > 18th century > History and criticism. Symbolism in literature. Power (Social sciences) in literature. Politics and literature > Russia > History > 18th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421016706719

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Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One. Coup d'état as Cross-dressing
Chapter Two. Astraea's coming to the Russian Throne
Chapter Three. Catherine the Healer
Chapter Four. Toppling the Bronze Horseman
Chapter Five. The War in Greek Garb
Chapter Six. The Birth of Felitsa
Chapter Seven. Politics as Carnival in Derzhavin's Ode to Fortun
Chapter Eight. Ridiculing the Monarch
Bibliography
Index

Creating the empress politics and poetry in the age of Catherine II

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