With Shakespeare's Eyes: Pushkin's Creative Appropriation of Shakespeare.(Book Review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

With Shakespeare's Eyes: Pushkin's Creative Appropriation of Shakespeare. By CATHERINE O'NEIL. Newark: University of Delaware Press; London: Associated University Presses. 2003. 190 pp. 34 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-87413-821-3.

Comparative studies of the works of Pushkin and Shakespeare have historically been a popular area of scholarship, not least because of their analogous positions in their respective cultural traditions. Catherine O'Neil is not deterred by this fact, however, but rather uses it to her advantage in undertaking a thorough review of relevant criticism both ...

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