LEADER 04148nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910959679303321 005 20251117062014.0 010 $a9786612255946 010 $a9781282255944 010 $a1282255940 010 $a9780299224233 010 $a0299224236 024 7 $a2027/heb08781 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764419 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136989 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150374 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136989 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10085196 035 $a(PQKB)11649977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444816 035 $a(OCoLC)404025960 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12270 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444816 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10282784 035 $a(dli)HEB08781 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000011661678 035 $a(Perlego)4437473 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764419 100 $a20070416d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDerzhavin $ea biography /$fVladislav Khodasevich ; translated and with an introduction by Angela Brintlinger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (xxvii, 281 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPublications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9780299224202 311 0 $a0299224201 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aRussian poet, soldier, and statesman Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816) lived during an epoch of momentous change in Russia-imperial expansion, peasant revolts, war with Turkey, and struggle with Napoleon-and he served three tsars, including Catherine the Great. Here in its first English translation is the masterful biography of Derzhavin by another acclaimed Russian man of letters, Vladislav Khodasevich. Derzhavin occupied a position at the center of Russian life, uniting civic service with poetic inspiration and creating an oeuvre that at its essence celebrated the triumphs of Russia and its rulers, particularly Catherine the Great. His biographer Khodasevich, by contrast, left Russia in 1922, unable to abide the increasingly repressive regime of the Soviets. For Khodasevich, whose lyric poems were as commonplace in their focus as Derzhavin's odes were grand, this biography was in a sense a rediscovery of a lost and idyllic era, a period when it was possible to aspire to the pinnacles of artistic achievement while still occupying a central role in Russian society. Khodasevich writes with humor, intelligence, and understanding, and his work stands as a monument to the last three centuries of Russian history, lending keen insight into Russia's past as well as its present and future. "Khodasevich's light narrative touch (as translated by Brintlinger) lends a novelistic quality to the biography, making it a genuine tour de force. All students and scholars - of history, literature, poetry, biography - will find something of interest here."- Choice 410 0$aPublications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies. 606 $aPoets, Russian$y18th century$vBiography 606 $aPoets, Russian$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aStatesmen$zRussia$vBiography 615 0$aPoets, Russian 615 0$aPoets, Russian 615 0$aStatesmen 676 $a891.71/3 700 $aKhodasevich$b V. F$g(Vladislav Felit?s?ianovich),$f1886-1939.$0444502 701 $aBrintlinger$b Angela$0916899 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959679303321 996 $aDerzhavin$92276760 997 $aUNINA