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050			_aPS3562.I4537 A83
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100	1		_aAlexander Pushkin
245	1		_aThe Gypsies, and ther Narrative Poems
260			_bDavid R. Godine Publisher
300			_a116 pages
520			_a"Pushkin's reputation as Russia's greatest poet tests on more than Eugene Onegin. This selection of five of his finest narrative poems displays his essential qualities - his stylistic fluency, his ironic poise, his endless ability to surprise, his creation of poetry out of everyday language." "The Gypsies, the anti-Romantic tale of a city-dweller whose search for "unspoiled" values among gypsies ends in tragedy, is modern Russian literature's first masterpiece. The Bridegroom turns the Romantic ballad into a whodunit filled with sexual dread and subconscious terror. Count Nulin, a deliciously comic tale of country life, stands Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece on its head - what would have happened if Lucrece had slapped Tarquin's face? The Tale of the Dead Princess is Pushkin's version of the Snow White story, and the eerie Tale of the Golden Cockerel savagely politicizes the folk-tale form."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
650			_aPoetry
700	1		_aSimon Brett
700	1		_aNotes by)
700	1		_aAntony Wood (Introduction by
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