"The Queen of Spades by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's works of fiction. In the Queen of Spades Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the Great's Blackamoor is an early experiment with recreating the past. The Captain's Daughter combines historical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the devices of the Russian fairy-tale. The introduction provides close readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context. This should be of interest to undergraduate students of Russian literature, post-graduate students of comparative literature, courses on the history of the novel, the historical novel and the relation between literature and history, and general readers.
In addition to Gödel, Escher, Bach, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, Douglas R. Hofstadter is the author of several books, including Le Ton beau de Marot and Metamagical Themas. He is College Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science as well as the Director for the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192832139 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192832131 |
| Title | "The Queen of Spades |
| Author | Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin |
| Series | ^Aworld's Classics Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1997-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 330 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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