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vii Acknowledgments ix Note on Transliteration and Translation xi Introduction 3 1 Roots and Contexts 9 The Semantics and Etymology of Misbehavior 11 Contexts: Domesticity, Society, State 14 The Verse Shalost’ 24 2 Arzamas: Rudeness 34 Like Talk 42 Rudeness and Domesticity in the Arzamasian Letters 49 3 The Green Lamp: Sexual Banter 60 Arkadii Rodzianko’s “Ligurinus” 67 Del’vig’s “Fanni” and Del’vig’s Shack 82 4 Ruslan and Liudmila: Rudeness and Sexual Banter 94 Sexual Banter and Eroticism in Ruslan and Liudmila 99 “Blush, You Wretch!”: Rudeness in Ruslan and Liudmila and Its Impact on Youth Culture 107 Epilogue: Pushkin the Pornographer, Two Hundred Years Later 115 Notes 125 Index 151 Contents ...