Realizing Metaphors: Alexander Pushkin and the Life of the Poet

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~alizing ffff JP"tetaphors Alexander Pushkin and the Life of the Poet DAVID M. BETHEA The University of Wisconsin Press Copyrighted Material THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS 2537 Daniels Street Madison, Wisconsin 53718 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England Copyright © 1998 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved 3 5 4 2 Printed in the United States of America All illustrations are courtesy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskii Dom), in St. Petersburg. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bethea, David M., 1948Realizing metaphors: Alexander Pushkin and the life ofthe poet I David M. Bethea. 262 pp. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-299-15970-1 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-299-15974-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. 2. Poets, Russian -19th century- Biography. 3. Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovich, 1743-1816-Influence. 4. Metaphor. I. Title. PG3350.B45 1998 891.71'3 - dOl [B] 98-10320 Copyrighted Material For Kim, who knew better than the poet: ut Hymettia sole cera remollescit tractataque pollice multas flectitur in facies ipsoque fit ultilis usu Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material ...