Creating the Empress
Subtitle: Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 20110101
Place of publication: Boston, MA
ISBN-13: 9781618116710; 9781618119117
Description: "In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power
and 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 broad
framework to discuss the evolution of important recurring motifs and images."
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