Mikhail Lermontov
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Mikhail Lermontov's pioneering psychological novel, "A Hero of Our Time", is probably his most impactful work, one which influenced the works of other great Russian authors such as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. The novel's narrative is the story of Pechorin a young officer in the army whose story is told in five non-chronological parts. Drawing upon his own experiences in the military, Lermontov creates a fascinating anti-hero in Pechorin, a man who is...
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Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time follows the story of Pechorin, a young man who is seemingly apathetic to the world around him. Through his interactions with other characters, Pechorin displays a range of contradictory personality traits, including arrogance, naïveté, and cynicism. His development over the course of the novel is complex and multi-layered, and his ultimate fate is left ambiguous.
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Bursting into print with an impassioned poem on the death of Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov attracted unfavorable attention from the authorities while enjoying a high reputation in literary circles and beyond. He was of Scottish descent, and this bilingual volume celebrates him with new translations by 14 translator-poets, mostly Scottish. Although Lermontov declared in one poem that he was not Byron,' he was greatly influenced by his reading of Byron...
4) Ashik-Kerib
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The lore and everyday life of the Caucasus Region had a great impact on Mikhail Lermontov's work. In addition to serious, profound pieces with very clear Caucasus influence, like The Hero of Our Time and Demon, he offers up this very traditional and slightly mischievous tale of a wandering minstrel in search of happiness.
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The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time was both lauded and reviled upon publication. Its dissipated hero, twenty-five-year-old Pechorin, is a beautiful and magnetic but nihilistic young army officer, bored by life and indifferent to his many sexual conquests. Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in the Caucasus involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers, this classic tale of alienation influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky,...
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