Russian Paints America
The Travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813
A Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's fascinating memoir. Thirty-one original watercolours complement his provocative views on topics such as slavery, religion, politics, and the fine arts. Introductory essays by Marina Swoboda and William Whisenhunt examine Russian-American relations, consider Svin'in's life and particular role in Russian history, and set his work in the context of the genre of picturesque travel - Svin'in clearly did not set out to produce a scholarly account of the United States but a work of literature, at a time when Russian literary language was in its earliest stages of d…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7735-7725-1
- EAN: 9780773577251
- Produktnummer: 35548440
- Verlag: Mqup
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 230 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
William Benton Whisenhunt, professor of history, College of DuPage, is the author of In Search of Legality: Mikhail M. Speranskii and the Codification of Russian Law and co-editor of Russian and Soviet History: From the Time of the Troubles to the Collapse of the Soviet Union.
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