The Little Tragedies

231 Pages·2000·0.654 MB·English

by  Alexander Pushkin

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 
Translated,withCriticalEssays,byNancyK.Anderson
YaleUniversityPress t NewHavenandLondon
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Contents
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 
TheLittleTragediesinEnglish:AnApproach 
  
TheMiserlyKnight 
MozartandSalieri 
TheStoneGuest 
AFeastDuringthePlague 
 
TheSeductionofPower:TheMiserlyKnight 
BetrayalofaCalling:MozartandSalieri 
TheWeightofthePast:TheStoneGuest 
SurvivalandMemory:AFeastDuringthePlague 
Commentary 
Notes 
SelectBibliography 
Index 
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  toexpressmygratitudetoRobertL.JacksonofYale
University for his continuing advice and encouragement during the
processofwritingthisbook;andtoCarylEmersonofPrincetonUni-
versity for her sensitive reading of, and valuable corrections to, the
translations.
TheillustrationsarebyVladimirFavorskyfromaSovieteditionof
the‘‘littletragedies.’’
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Introduction
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SofarI’vebeenreadingnothingbutPushkinandamdrunk
withrapture,everydayIdiscoversomethingnew.
FyodorDostoevskyinalettertohiswife,()July
   aRussiantonameRussia’sgreatestwriter,theun-
hesitatingreplywouldbenotDostoevskyorTolstoybutPushkin.Yet
anEnglish-speakingreaderwhoisnotaSlavistprobablyknowslittle
ofPushkin’sworkbeyondEugeneOnegin—if,indeed,heorsherec-
ognizes the name of Pushkin at all.Thus, a translation of Pushkin’s
‘‘littletragedies’’totheEnglish-speakingpublicrequiresafewwords
placingtheworkinitscontext.
The ‘‘little tragedies’’ is the name traditionally given to the col-
lection of Pushkin’s four short dramas in verse, The Miserly Knight,
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MozartandSalieri,TheStoneGuest,and AFeastDuringthePlague.
ThesefourdramaswereneverpublishedtogetherinPushkin’slifetime:
indeed,TheStoneGuestwasnotprinteduntilafterhisdeath.Never-
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