TY - BOOK AU - Proskurina,Vera TI - Creating the Empress: Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II T2 - Ars Rossica Series SN - 9781618116710 AV - PG3065.C37 P7613 2011 U1 - 891.71/2093581222 PY - 2011/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Academic Studies Press KW - Catherine-II,-Empress of Russia,-1729-1796-In literature KW - Russian poetry-18th century-History and criticism KW - Symbolism in literature KW - Power (Social sciences) in literature KW - Politics and literature-Russia-History-18th century KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3110454 ER -