Prisoner of Russia: Alexander Pushkin and the Political Uses of Nationalism

by Yuri Druzhnikov and Kilurifi Druzhnikov

Book Overview

As the central figure in Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin (1799 1837) has been claimed by nearly every political faction, right and left, in Russian cultural politics over the past two centuries, culminating in his official canonization under the Soviet regime. In Prisoner of Russia, Yuri Druzhnikov analyzes the distortions and misrepresentations of Pushkin's cultural appropriation by focusing on Pushkin's attempts at emigration and his attitudes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560003901
• ISBN13: 9781560003908
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"