Russian notions of good and evil changed before the Revolution and will change again under glasnost` and perestroika. But no literary character has reflected such changes more dramatically than Milton`s Satan, who managed to be both a hero to Romantic poets and Marxist critics.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-254) and index
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- 891.7/1/009382
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- 20
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- 0802057950 9781442664654
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- PG3065.D49
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- B67 1991eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxvi, 276 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- COVER 1
- CONTENTS 8
- PREFACE 10
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 14
- TRANSLITERATION 18
- INTRODUCTION: THE RISE OF RUSSIAN SATANISM 20
- PART I: The Satan of the Enlightenment 28
- 1 Satan and the First Translation of Paradise Lost 30
- 2 Introducing Milton's Satan to the Common Reader 41
- 3 Monks and 'Pocket Poets': Publication 57
- 4 Masonic Devils and the Light Within 75
- 5 Satan, Pugachev, and the French Revolution 95
- PART II: Satan as Romantic and Marxist Idol 120
- 6 The Demonic Tradition from Zhukovsky to Pushkin 122
- 7 Milton's Satan and Lermontov 143
- 8 Banning and Reviving Satan 160
- 9 1917 and After: The Triumph of Milton's Satan 175
- 10 Satan as Anti-Imperialist 188
- Conclusion: Prince of Darkness, Prince of Light 214
- APPENDIXES 224
- I: Milton's Interest in Russia 226
- II: An English Oration Concerning Milton's Satan from Lermontov's School 233
- III: A Chronological Distribution Table 237
- ABBREVIATIONS 240
- NOTES 242
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 294
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 298
- INDEX 314
- A 314
- B 315
- C 316
- D 317
- E 319
- F 320
- G 320
- H 321
- I 322
- J 322
- K 323
- L 324
- M 325
- N 328
- O 328
- P 329
- Q 330
- R 330
- S 331
- T 333
- U 333
- V 333
- W 334
- Y 334
- Z 334
