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Title: |
Terror and Pity |
| Sub-title: |
Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia |
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| By (author): |
Kirill Ospovat |
| ISBN10-13: |
1618114727 : 9781618114723 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Weight: |
.647 Kg. |
| Published: |
Academic Studies Press - May 2016 |
| List Price: |
77.99 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, Terror and Pity: Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia offers an in-depth reading of early Russian tragedy as a political genre. Imported to Russia by Aleksandr Sumarokov around 1750, tragedy reenacted and shaped the symbolic economy and the often disturbing historical experience of â absolutistâ autocracy. Addressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from Walter Benjamin to Foucault and â new historicismâ in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern â poetics of culture.â |
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