Terror and Pity
Author | : Kirill Ospovat |
Publisher | : Imperial Encounters in Russian |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 1618114727 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781618114723 |
Rating | : 4/5 (723 Downloads) |
Download or read book Terror and Pity written by Kirill Ospovat and published by Imperial Encounters in Russian. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, Terror and Pity: Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia offers an in-depth reading of early Russian tragedy as a political genre. Imported to Russia by Aleksandr Sumarokov around 1750, tragedy reenacted and shaped the symbolic economy and the often disturbing historical experience of "absolutist" autocracy. Addressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from Walter Benjamin to Foucault and "new historicism" in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern "poetics of culture."