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Author Proskurina, Vera, author

Title Creating the Empress : Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II / Vera Proskurina
Published Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
Series Ars Rossica
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
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
Notes In English
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Subject Politics and literature -- Russia -- History -- 18th century
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Russian poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Symbolism in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Royalty.
Politics and literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Russian poetry.
Symbolism in literature.
Russia.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781618116710
1618116711