Pushkin''s Lyric Intelligence

Zusatztext Pushkin's Lyric Intelligence is handsomely produced by Oxford University Press... with splendid illustrations for the chapter on heroism. Kahn writes elegantly and incisively Informationen zum Autor Andrew Kahn is Professor of Russian Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Modern Languages at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He has degrees from Harvard and Oxford in Russian and Classics. His scholarly research draws on his wide-ranging interests in European literature, most especially Greek, Latin and French, and displays a broad learning. In addition to writing about Pushkin, he works on Enlightenment literature in Russia and Europe, on the history of ideas, the comparative reception of European culture in Russia, travel writing, the history of translation, and twentieth-century poetry. Klappentext Pushkin's lyric intelligence is his capacity to transform philosophical and aesthetic ideas into poetry that questions the creative process. This first major study of his lyrics reveals the links between Pushkin's conceptual vocabulary and his intellectual life, and between his writing and the influences of French and English authors and movements. Zusammenfassung Pushkin's lyric intelligence is his capacity to transform philosophical and aesthetic ideas into poetry that questions the creative process. This first major study of his lyrics reveals the links between Pushkin's conceptual vocabulary and his intellectual life, and between his writing and the influences of French and English authors and movements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Tradition and Originality 2: Invention and Genius 3: The Meaning of Beauty 4: A Reticent Imagination 5: Nature and Romantic Subjectivity 6: Genius and the Commerce of Poetry 7: The Hero 8: Body and Soul

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Kahn, Andrew (St Edmund Hall Kahn, Kahn Andrew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199654338
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965433-8
• No. of pages: 412
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets