Ruslan and Lyudmila

Zusatztext He managed what is almost unmanageable: to offer parody and enchantment at the same time Informationen zum Autor Alexander Pushkin Klappentext In order to rescue his beloved Lyudmila, who has been abducted by the evil wizard Chernomor, the warrior Ruslan faces an epic and perilous quest, encoutering a multitude of fantastic and terrifying characters along the way. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Vorwort One of the most popular and memorable verses from Russian poetry, known absolutely to anyone from nursery. Now part of our new series of the complete works of Pushkin. Zusammenfassung The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Clarke, Alexander S. Puschkin, Alexander Pushkin
• Assisted by: Roger Clarke (Translation)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2012
• EAN: 9781847492968
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-296-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Alma Classics; Alma Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / Russian & Former Soviet Union