Includes the original Russian text and, for the first time, an English translation of that version.
"Antony Wood's translation is fluent and idiomatic; analyses by Dunning et al. are incisive; and the 'case' they make is skillfully argued. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice
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The Uncensored Boris Godunov
The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy
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The Uncensored Boris Godunov
The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy
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Publisher
University of Wisconsin PressYear
2006Print ISBN
9780299207649
9780299207601
eBook ISBN
9780299207632
Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface to the First Edition
- Prefaces to the Paperback Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Problem of Boris Godunov: A Review of Interpretationsand the So-Called Canonical Text
- 2 The Exiled Poet-Historian and the Creation of His Comedy
- 3 The Tragic Fate of Pushkin’s Comedy
- 4 The World of Laughter in Pushkin’s Comedy
- 5 Tragedy, Comedy, Carnival, and History on Stage
- 6 The Ebb and Flow of Influence: Muffling the Comedicin the Move toward Print
- Concluding Remarks
- Translator’s Preface
- Komediia o tsare Borise i o Grishke Otrep’eve
- Comedy about Tsar Boris and Grishka Otrepiev
- Notes to Pushkin’s Comedy
- Bibliography
- Index
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