Creating the Empress

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Academic Studies Press

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491_9781936235506

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In Creating the Empress, a translation and a substantial reworking of the 2006 study published by NLO, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works fromthis period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarchspower. The book allows for the viewing of these themes and motifs not only in the immediate historical context of Catherine IIs reign, but also in the context of the broader European symbolic traditions. Each chapter of the book revolves around the major events of Catherines reign (as well as some majorliterary works) that give a broad framework to discuss the evolution of important recurring motifs and images.

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