Terror and Pity

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Terror and Pity

Name: Terror and Pity
Brand: Academic Studies Press
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Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia

Written by Kirill Ospovat

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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 “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.”

ISBN-13: 9781618114723
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Publication date: 31 May 2016
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
Language: English