The First Epoch
Author | : Luba Golburt |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2014-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780299298142 |
ISBN-13 | : 0299298140 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Download or read book The First Epoch written by Luba Golburt and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the shadow of Pushkin's Golden Age, Russia's eighteenth-century culture was relegated to an obscurity hardly befitting its actually radical legacy. Why did nineteenth-century Russians put the eighteenth century so quickly behind them? How does a meaningful present become a seemingly meaningless past? Interpreting texts by Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Pushkin, Viazemsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and others, Luba Golburt finds surprising answers.