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Book SynopsisIn Pushkin's "Poltava", Virginia M. Burns provides a detailed literary structural analysis and reading of Aleksandr Pushkin's long narrative poem "Poltava," through analysis devices of characterization, narrative structure and poetic structure, providing a new interpretation of its meaning.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword I Chapter 2 Foreword II Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Part I. Background Chapter 6 Introduction: The Problem of "Poltava" Chapter 7 Past Critical Views of "Poltava" Chapter 8 Part II. Literary Analysis and Interpretation Chapter 9 Introduction Chapter 10 Characterization: Mazepa; Maria; Kochubey, Karl and Peter Chapter 11 Historical Events Chapter 12 Narrative Structure Chapter 13 Poetic Structure Chapter 14 Conclusion: Theory of History Chapter 15 Appendix I. Chart of Stanzas Chapter 16 Appendix II. Translations: English Translations; Russian Translations Chapter 17 Bibliography Chapter 18 Index Chapter 19 The Author and the Editor