Title: Prisoner of Russia
Description: As the central figure in Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) has been claimed by nearly every political faction, right and left, in Russian cultural politics over the past two centuries, culminating in his official canonization under the Soviet regime. In Prisoner of Russia, Yuri Druzhnikov analyzes the distortions and misrepresentations of Pushkin's cultural appropriation by focusing on Pushkin's attempts at emigration and his attitudes toward Russia and Western Europe.
Subjects: Russian Poets, History, Literature and state, Biography, Political persecution, Pushkin, aleksandr sergeevich, 1799-1837, Nationalism, soviet union, Russian literature, history and criticism, Politics and literature
Places: Russia
People: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837)
Time periods: 19th century