Pushkin by Elaine Feinstein

Pushkin by Elaine Feinstein

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Pushkin was arguably Russia's greatest poet, and his prose writings led directly to the flowering of the Russian novel through the 19th century. The publication of this biography is designed to tie in with the second centenary of his death in a duel at the age of 37.

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Pushkin by Elaine Feinstein

A compelling biography of the father of Russian literature, including new material relating to his death, by an acclaimed biographer and poet, published to tie in with the 2nd centenary of Pushkins death. Pushkin was Russia's greatest poet and his prose tales led directly to the flowering of the Russian novel through the 19th century. His story is a marvellous one, as poignant as Mozart's whom he resembled in his precocity, lack of guile and appetite forlife. Witty and incisively intelligent, he was nevertheless an object of suspicion for 2 Tsars. His genius aroused the enmity of beaurocrats who blocked him at every turn, and after a hopelessly unsuccessful marriage he was murdered in a dual aged 37.
Elaine Feinstein is a prize-winning poet, novelist and biographer. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1980 and her work has been translated into many languages. She is the author of highly praised lives of Pushkin and Ted Hughes (the first biography).
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ISBN 13 9780297818267
ISBN 10 0297818260
Title Pushkin
Author Elaine Feinstein
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1998-10-12
Number of pages 382
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