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UNINA9910148581403321 |
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Autore |
Maria Rybakova Maria Rybakova |
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Titolo |
Gnedich [[electronic resource]] |
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Glagoslav Publications Limited, 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (118 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Psychological fiction, Russian |
Russian literature -- Translations into German |
Short stories, Russian |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Song I""; ""Song II""; ""Song III""; ""Song IV""; ""Song V""; ""Song VI""; ""Song VII""; ""Song VIII""; ""Song IX""; ""Song X""; ""Song XI""; ""Song XII""; ""A note on the translator"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Maria Rybakova's Gnedich captures the reader's attention in its first stanzas with a striking allusion to Homeric Greece: "The rage that killed so many/the wretched rage of Achilles/who knew that he would perish/ that he would perish young. This is a novel-in-verse about the first Russian translator of the Iliad, the romantic poet and librarian Nikolai Gnedich (1784-1833). Since Gnedich spent almost his entire life translating Homer's epic poem, Maria Rybakova has chosen verse as the most appropriate stylistic means in recreating his life. To the English-speaking world, this genre of poetic |
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