Virginia M. Burns

Pushkin's Poltava

A Literary Structuralist Interpretation
Herausgeber: Burns, Katya

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Produktbeschreibung

In Pushkin's "Poltava", Virginia M. Burns provides a detailed literary structural analysis and reading of Aleksandr Pushkin's long narrative poem "Poltava," through analysis devices of characterization, narrative structure and poetic structure, providing a new interpretation of its meaning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780761827290
• ISBN-10: 0761827293
• Artikelnr.: 21379450

Autorenporträt

Virginia M. Burns was former Fellow of the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto (deceased).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword I Chapter 2 Foreword II Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4
Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Part I. Background Chapter 6 Introduction: The
Problem of "Poltava" Chapter 7 Past Critical Views of "Poltava" Chapter 8
Part II. Literary Analysis and Interpretation Chapter 9 Introduction
Chapter 10 Characterization: Mazepa; Maria; Kochubey, Karl and Peter
Chapter 11 Historical Events Chapter 12 Narrative Structure Chapter 13
Poetic Structure Chapter 14 Conclusion: Theory of History Chapter 15
Appendix I. Chart of Stanzas Chapter 16 Appendix II. Translations: English
Translations; Russian Translations Chapter 17 Bibliography Chapter 18 Index
Chapter 19 The Author and the Editor