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Milton and the Rise of Russian Satanism /

No European Devil can claim so long or so political a connection with Russian culture as Milton's Satan. Russian poets came to know him before they heard of Dante, Marlowe, Tasso, or of the devils of the Baroque era. This may explain why Milton's influence was so intensely felt by the Russ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Boss, Valentin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1991.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The Rise of Russian Satanism
  • Part I The Satan of the Enlightenment
  • Satan and the First Translation of Paradise Lost
  • Introducing Milton's Satan to the Common Reader
  • Monks and 'Pocket Poets': Publication
  • Masonic Devils and the Light Within
  • Satan, Pugachev, and the French Revolution
  • Part II Satan as Romantic and Marxist Idol
  • The Demonic Tradition from Zhukovsky to Pushkin
  • Milton's Satan and Lermontov
  • Banning and Reviving Satan
  • 1917 and After: The Triumph of Milton's Satan
  • Satan as Anti-Imperialist
  • Conclusion: Prince of Darkness, Prince of Light
  • Appendixes
  • I Milton's Interest in Russia
  • II An English Oration Concerning Milton's Satan from Lermontov's School
  • III A Chronological Distribution Table.