Taboo Pushkin: Topics, Texts, Interpretations

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Taboo Push­ kin Pub­ li­ ca­ tions of the Wis­ con­ sin Cen­ ter for Push­ kin Stud­ ies Se­ ries Ed­ i­ tors David M. ­ Bethea Al­ ex­ an­ der Dol­ i­ nin Taboo Push­ kin Top­ ics, Texts, Inter­ pre­ ta­ tions Ed­ ited by Alyssa Di­ nega Gil­ les­ pie T h e U n i ­ v e r ­ s i t y o f W i s ­ c o n ­ s i n P r e s s Pub­ li­ ca­ tion of this book was made pos­ sible ­ through sup­ port from the De­ part­ ment of ­ Slavic Stud­ ies and Lit­ er­ a­ ture at the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin–Mad­ i­ son, and from the Nano­ vic In­ sti­ tute for Eu­ ro­ pean Stud­ ies and the In­ sti­ tute for Schol­ ar­ ship in the Lib­ eral Arts, Col­ lege of Arts and Let­ ters, at the Uni­ ver­ sity of Notre Dame. The Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin Press 1930 Mon­ roe ­ Street, 3rd Floor Mad­ i­ son, Wis­ con­ sin 53711–2059 uw­ press.wisc.edu 3 Hen­ rietta ­ Street Lon­ don WC2E 8LU, En­ gland eu­ ros­ pan­ book­ store.com Copy­ right © 2012 The Board of Re­ gents of the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin ­ System All ­ rights re­ served. No part of this pub­ li­ ca­ tion may be re­ pro­ duced, stored in a re­ trieval ­ system, or trans­ mit­ ted, in any for­ mat or by any means, dig­ i­ tal, elec­ tronic, me­ chan­ i­ cal, photo­ cop­ y­ ing, re­ cord­ ing, or oth­ er­ wise, or con­ veyed via the Inter­ net or a web­ site with­ out writ­ ten per­ mis­ sion of the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin Press, ex­ cept in the case of brief quo­ ta­ tions em­ bed­ ded in crit­ i­ cal ar­ ti­ cles and re­ views.­ Printed in the ­ United ­ States of Amer­ ica Li­ brary of Con­ gress ­ Cataloging-in-Publication Data Taboo Push­ kin : top­ ics, texts, inter­ pre­ ta­ tions / ed­ ited by ­ Alyssa Di­ nega Gil­ les­ pie. p.   cm.—(Pub­ li­ ca­ tions of the Wis­ con­ sin Cen­ ter for Push­ kin Stud­ ies) In­ cludes bib­ lio­ graph­ i­ cal ref­ er­ ences and index. ISBN 978-0-299-28704-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-299-28703-0 (e-book) 1. Push­ kin, Alek­ sandr Ser­ gee­ vich, 1799–1837—Crit­ i­ cism and inter­ pre­ ta­ tion.   2. Push­ kin, Alek­ sandr Ser­ gee­ vich, 1799–1837— Ap­ pre­ ci­ a­ tion—Rus­ sia.   3. Push­ kin, Alek­ sandr Ser­ gee­ vich, 1799–1837.   I. Di­ nega, ­ Alyssa W.   II. Se­ ries: Pub­ li­ ca­ tions of the Wis­ con­ sin Cen­ ter for Push­ kin Stud­ ies. PG3355.5.T33    2012 891.71´3—dc23 2011042002 I grate­ fully ded­ i­ cate this book to my teach­ ers, men­ tors, and col­ leagues far and wide, whose ex­ am­ ple in­ spires, chal­ lenges, and sus­ tains me. !"#$%&' ()*+,-,&$".. /012,3,4 516+".&+,# [Push­ kin schol­ ars are to be ­ feared.] Vlad­ i­ mir Maia­ kov­ sky ...