Terror and Pity : : Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia / / Kirill Ospovat.
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 Ale...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ASP eBook Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Imperial Encounters in Russian History
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. POLITICAL THEATER AND THE ORIGINS OF RUSSIAN TRAGIC DRAMA -- PART II. KHOREV, OR THE TRAGEDY OF ORIGIN -- PART III. POETIC JUSTICE: COUP D'ÉTAT, POLITICAL THEOLOGY, AND THE POLITICS OF SPECTACLE IN THE RUSSIAN HAMLET -- EPILOGUE. THE THEATER OF WAR AND PEACE: THE "MIRACLE OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG" AND THE POETICS OF EUROPEAN ABSOLUTISM -- CONCLUSION: TRAGEDY, HISTORY, AND THEORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Summary: | 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 "absolutist" autocracy. Addressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from Walter Benjamin to Foucault and "new historicism" in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern "poetics of culture." |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781618114730 9783110688160 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781618114730 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kirill Ospovat. |