04148nam 2200709 a 450 991095967930332120251117062014.0978661225594697812822559441282255940978029922423302992242362027/heb08781(CKB)1000000000764419(SSID)ssj0000136989(PQKBManifestationID)11150374(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136989(PQKBWorkID)10085196(PQKB)11649977(MiAaPQ)EBC3444816(OCoLC)404025960(MdBmJHUP)muse12270(Au-PeEL)EBL3444816(CaPaEBR)ebr10282784(dli)HEB08781(MiU)MIU01000000000000011661678(Perlego)4437473(EXLCZ)99100000000076441920070416d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDerzhavin a biography /Vladislav Khodasevich ; translated and with an introduction by Angela Brintlinger1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc20071 online resource (xxvii, 281 pages) illustrationsPublications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin StudiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299224202 0299224201 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Translation -- Translator's Introduction -- A Chronology: Life of Gavrila Derzhavin -- Derzhavin: A Biography -- Author's Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Notes -- Index.Russian poet, soldier, and statesman Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816) lived during an epoch of momentous change in Russia-imperial expansion, peasant revolts, war with Turkey, and struggle with Napoleon-and he served three tsars, including Catherine the Great. Here in its first English translation is the masterful biography of Derzhavin by another acclaimed Russian man of letters, Vladislav Khodasevich. Derzhavin occupied a position at the center of Russian life, uniting civic service with poetic inspiration and creating an oeuvre that at its essence celebrated the triumphs of Russia and its rulers, particularly Catherine the Great. His biographer Khodasevich, by contrast, left Russia in 1922, unable to abide the increasingly repressive regime of the Soviets. For Khodasevich, whose lyric poems were as commonplace in their focus as Derzhavin's odes were grand, this biography was in a sense a rediscovery of a lost and idyllic era, a period when it was possible to aspire to the pinnacles of artistic achievement while still occupying a central role in Russian society. Khodasevich writes with humor, intelligence, and understanding, and his work stands as a monument to the last three centuries of Russian history, lending keen insight into Russia's past as well as its present and future. "Khodasevich's light narrative touch (as translated by Brintlinger) lends a novelistic quality to the biography, making it a genuine tour de force. All students and scholars - of history, literature, poetry, biography - will find something of interest here."- Choice Publications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies.Poets, Russian18th centuryBiographyPoets, Russian19th centuryBiographyStatesmenRussiaBiographyPoets, RussianPoets, RussianStatesmen891.71/3Khodasevich V. F(Vladislav Felit︠s︡ianovich),1886-1939.444502Brintlinger Angela916899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959679303321Derzhavin2276760UNINA