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Book SynopsisFor many nineteenth-century Russians, poetry was woven into everyday life. Blending close literary analysis with social and cultural history, Daria Khitrova shows how poetry lovers of the period all became nodes in a vast network of literary appreciation and constructed meaning.
Trade ReviewWe need this book. It addresses a number of important issues that most literary critics and scholars have been aware of, but that no one has attempted to bring together. Moreover, it offers a bold cumulative interpretation of Russian poetic culture of the so-called Golden Age." - Ilya Vinitsky, Princeton University
"Khitrova is a sensitive reader, and she writes provocatively, incisively, at times even wittily. She is extremely knowledgeable about both primary literature and secondary sources." - Michael Wachtel, author of
A Commentary to Pushkin's Lyric Poetry, 1826-1836
