Includes the original Russian text and, for the first time, an English translation of that version."Antony Wood's translation is fluent and idiomatic; analyses by Dunning et al. are incisive; and the 'case' they make is skillfully argued.... Highly recommended."— Choice

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Information

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Year

2006

ISBN

9780299207632

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

Literary Criticism

Index

Literature

Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to the First Edition
Prefaces to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Problem of Boris Godunov: A Review of Interpretationsand the So-Called Canonical Text
2 The Exiled Poet-Historian and the Creation of His Comedy
3 The Tragic Fate of Pushkin’s Comedy
4 The World of Laughter in Pushkin’s Comedy
5 Tragedy, Comedy, Carnival, and History on Stage
6 The Ebb and Flow of Influence: Muffling the Comedicin the Move toward Print
Concluding Remarks
Translator’s Preface
Komediia o tsare Borise i o Grishke Otrep’eve
Comedy about Tsar Boris and Grishka Otrepiev
Notes to Pushkin’s Comedy
Bibliography
Index