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With Shakespeare's eyes : Pushkin's creative appropriation of Shakespeare / Catherine O'Neil.
Van Pelt Library PG3355.3.S48 O54 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neil, Catherine, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837--Criticism and interpretation.
- Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich.
- Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837--Knowledge and learning--Literature.
- Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
- Literature.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Russian literature--English influences.
- Russian literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [2003]
- Contents:
- Preface: Why Shakespeare? 9
- Introduction: Pushkin and Poetic Influence 17
- 1. Ghostly Fathers and Unthrifty Sons: Shakespeare and Boris Godunov 28
- The History Plays: Providential Progress or Vicious Circle? 33
- Julius Caesar and Boris Godunov 37
- The Father-Son Theme in Shakespeare and Boris Godunov 44
- The Hero Awakens: The Pretender and the Narod 53
- The Narod and Samozvanchestvo (Pretenderhood) in Pushkin and Shakespeare 62
- 2. Of Monarchs and Mercy: Measure for Measure in Pushkin's Works 69
- Measure for Measure and Andzhelo 71
- The Theme of Mercy 81
- Enter the Heroine: Pushkin's Portrayal of Isabella 85
- The Measure for Measure Subtext in Poltava and The Captain's Daughter 92
- Pushkin and "Problem Comedies" 96
- The Theme of Law in Pushkin 98
- 3. Pushkin and Othello 103
- Othello on Stage in Europe and Russia 105
- Gannibal: From Court Blackamoor to Russian Nobleman 110
- The Moor of Peter the Great 114
- Poltava 120
- Pushkin and Desdemona 131
- Not Jealous by Nature 135
- Conclusion: Patterns in Pushkin and Shakespeare 138
- Shakespeare's "Fairly Weak Poem": Count Nulin and The Rape of Lucrece 139
- Shakespeare's Charming Creations: Romeo, Juliet, and the Cavalier Mercutio 142
- Shakespeare and Folklore: Rusalka 143
- Loving Fathers and Willful Maids: Pushkin's Shakespearean Heroines 146.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-184) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0874138213
- OCLC:
- 51251700
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