| Boris Godunov: Transposition of a Russian Theme Contributor(s): Emerson, Caryl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253312302 ISBN-13: 9780253312303 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 85045772 |
| Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The tale of Boris Godunov--tsar, usurper, tsarecide--dating from the early seventeenth-century Time of Troubles, inspired three major nineteenth-century Russian cultural expressions: in history by Nikolai Karamzin, in drama by Alexander Pushkin, and in opera by Modest Musorgsky. Each of these famous creations was a vehicle for generic innovation, in which a specifically Russian concept of genre was asserted in opposition to the reigning European models: German historiography, French melodrama, and Italian opera. Within a Bakhtinian framework, Caryl Emerson explores these three versions of the Boris Tale, the context of their genesis, and their complex interrelationships. |