Creating the Empress : Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II.
Proskurina, Vera.
Creating the Empress : Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (313 pages) - Ars Rossica Series . - Ars Rossica Series .
Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - Coup D'état as Cross-Dressing -- Chapter Two - Astraea's Coming to the Russian Throne -- Chapter Three - Catherine the Healer -- Chapter Four - Toppling the Bronze Horseman -- Chapter Five - The War in Greek Garb -- Chapter Six - The Birth of Felitsa -- Chapter Seven - Politics and Carnival in Derzhavin's Ode to Fortune -- Chapter Eight - Ridiculing the Monarch -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781618116710
Catherine-II,-Empress of Russia,-1729-1796-In literature.
Russian poetry-18th century-History and criticism.
Symbolism in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Politics and literature-Russia-History-18th century.
Electronic books.
PG3065.C37 P7613 2011
891.71/2093581222
Creating the Empress : Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (313 pages) - Ars Rossica Series . - Ars Rossica Series .
Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - Coup D'état as Cross-Dressing -- Chapter Two - Astraea's Coming to the Russian Throne -- Chapter Three - Catherine the Healer -- Chapter Four - Toppling the Bronze Horseman -- Chapter Five - The War in Greek Garb -- Chapter Six - The Birth of Felitsa -- Chapter Seven - Politics and Carnival in Derzhavin's Ode to Fortune -- Chapter Eight - Ridiculing the Monarch -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781618116710
Catherine-II,-Empress of Russia,-1729-1796-In literature.
Russian poetry-18th century-History and criticism.
Symbolism in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Politics and literature-Russia-History-18th century.
Electronic books.
PG3065.C37 P7613 2011
891.71/2093581222