"In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between powerand poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from this period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch’s power. Each chapter of the book revolves around the major events of Catherine’s reign (and some major literary works) that give a broadframework to discuss the evolution of important recurring motifs and images."

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"In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between powerand poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from this period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch’s power. Each chapter of the book revolves around the major events of Catherine’s reign (and some major literary works) that give a broadframework to discuss the evolution of important recurring motifs and images."

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Displaying his characteristic balance between sympathy and detachment, Vickery has first provided a concise, but richly detailed account of Lermontov's brief and tragic life. His approach is above all sensible - down-to-earth and fair. Lermontov was a romantic, really the only Russian poet who fully fits that designation. Vickery understands very well the romantic ethos, but he is no romantic him self. He treats with tolerant but ironic amusement the adolescent posturing of Lermontov's early Byronism. He is less tolerant of the frequent arrogance and even cruelty in Lermontov's behavior toward those close to him, especially women. On the other hand, Vickery recognizes Lermontov's genuine longing for intimacy and affection and credits his capacity for friendship and generosity. He also effectively traces all these conflicting im pulses in Lermontov's poetry.

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Bei der Untersuchung des Subjekts und seinem Verhältnis zu den Objekten zeigt sich, daß bereits Andrej Voznesenskijs offizielle Lyrik der späten 50er und frühen 60er Jahre postmoderne Elemente enthält, ja daß sie, da sie unbewußt postmodern ist, sogar weit mehr der ursprünglichen Auffassung der französischen Philosophie von "Postmoderne" entspricht als die sogenannte russische Neoavantgarde. Die Zielsetzung dieser Arbeit, umfassend und textnah das Verhältnis zwischen Subjekt und Objekt bei Voznesenskij zu untersuchen, und die komparatistische Vorgehensweise erfordern es, sich auf exemplarische Analysen zu beschränken. Dazu wurden sechs Gedichte ausgewählt, die in bezug auf das Subjekt aussagekräftig sind.

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Die vorliegende Untersuchung beschäftigt sich mit der russischen Versepik im 19. Jahrhundert. Ohne auf die literaturtheoretische Diskussion um den allgemeinen Gattungs- und Typusbegriff näher einzugehen, soll versucht werden, einen Beitrag zur Geschichte der literarischen Form zu schreiben, die im russischen Sprachgebrauch mit "poema" (Poem) bezeichnet wird.

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This study is devoted to the authors who initiated the revival of the Russian avantgarde tradition, which had been brutally suppressed by the Soviet authorities in the mid- 1930s. The revival of this tradition took place in the literary underground, where writers who endeavored to fulfil this challenging task largely remained until the collapse of the Soviet regime. Most of them emerged from obscurity only at the beginning of the 1990s, which explains why their dramatic and fascinating history has been so little examined by scholars. Although the situation has changed significantly in the last decade, during which some insightful studies have appeared in both Russia and the West, the subject obviously requires more thorough and systematic exploration. This book aims to narrow important gaps in the scholarship on the Russian literary avantgarde during its least investigated period.

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