Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin & Mikhail Lermontov, 1983, HCDJ

by Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov

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Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin & Mikhail Lermontov Translated by Charles Johnston 1983 Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.Mozart and Salieri is a poetic drama by Alexander Pushkin. ... Based on one of the numerous rumours caused by the early death of Mozart, it features only three characters: Mozart, Antonio Salieri, and a non-speaking part in the blind fiddler whose playing Mozart finds hilarious, and Salieri is appalled by. It was the only one of Pushkin's plays that was staged during his lifetime. ___ The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale is a narrative poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1833 about the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824. ... Widely considered to be Pushkin's most successful narrative poem, The Bronze Horseman has had a lasting impact on Russian literature. The Pushkin critic A. D. P. Briggs praises the poem "as the best in the Russian language, and even the best poem written anywhere in the nineteenth century". It is considered one of the most influential works in Russian literature and is one of the reasons Pushkin is often called the "founder of modern Russian literature". __________ Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (15 October 1814 – 27 July 1841) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, some

• Publisher: Random House
• Year: 1983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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