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The Life and Death of Alexander Pushkin: A Genius at Odds with Himself.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The life and death of Alexander Pushkin; a genius at odds with himself.

Druzhnikov, Yuri.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2006

335 pages

$119.95

Hardcover

PG3350

In this monograph, Druzhnikov explores the final seven years in the life of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837). In examining the circumstances that eventually led to this cultural hero's untimely death, he constructs a new scholarly version of Pushkin as an artist profoundly at odds not only with his society, but also with himself. Druzhnikov teaches Russian literature at the ...

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