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Creating the empress : politics and poetry in the age of Catherine II / Vera Proskurina.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Proskurina, V. I︠U︡.
- Series:
- Ars Rossika.
- Ars Rossika
- Standardized Title:
- Mify imperii. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796--In literature.
- Catherine.
- Russian poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
- Russian poetry.
- Symbolism in literature.
- Power (Social sciences) in literature.
- Politics and literature--Russia--History--18th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton, Mass. : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
- Academic Studies Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch's power. Each chapter of the book revolves around the major events of Catherine's reign (and some major literary works) that give a broad framework to discuss the evolution of important recurring motifs and images.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Originally published in Russian as: Mify imperii : literatura i vlastʹ v ėpochu Ekateriny II.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9781618116710
- 1618116711
- 9781618110091
- 1618110098
- OCLC:
- 1135585247
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
- Unrestricted online access
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