The Daring of Derzavin: The Moral and Aesthetic Independence of the Poet in Russia

From: Canadian Slavonic Papers | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Anna Lisa Crone. The Daring of Derzavin: The Moral and Aesthetic Independence of the Poet in Russia. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2001. vi, 258 pp. Index. $24.95, paper.

Eclipsed by Pushkin, Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin's reputation as a poet has struggled for recognition. However, in at least two areas he has claims to make. First, he broke the literary canons of Lomonosov and Sumarokov. Mixing (and violating) their stringently formulated elements of style and language, particularly in the genre of the ode, he showed the way for later poets to emancipate Russian poetry from the straightjacket ...

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