Reinventing Romantic Poetry : Russian Women Poets of the Mid-nineteenth Century

Novikova, A. D. Baratynskaia, and the unidentified N. P. B-a ( 132 , 103 , 134 , 540–41, 208 , 505 , 203 , 186 ). In addition, P ...

man through her ability to tell him stories, that is, her power as an artist. In “Ogon’“ (Fire, 94–97) a male, rather than a fem ...

In contrast to earlier works, Robert Southey’s ten-book epic Joan of Arc( 1796 ), the first Romantic depiction of Joan, presente ...

take command of the Dauphin’s army. She tells them she has outgrown a “God of Terrors” (bk. 3 , line 425 ) because she saw The e ...

which the priests at Chinon question Joan and suggest she be subjected to trial by ordeal may be viewed as a displacement of her ...

Obéis! fais ton coeur impitoyable et sourd; Brise tous tes bonheurs, ferme à jamais ton âme! h (She must [.. .] Remain unaware o ...

Dans la profonde horreur des fumantes batailles Elle marche en avant, sans coeur et sans entrailles, [. ................] Haleta ...

cally echoes her previous metaphorical usage: ardents aureoles(blazing haloes) and ardent archange(ardent archangel). In a direc ...

At the beginning of the poem a harsh God decides to test their souls by throwing them on unfallow ground, telling them not to bl ...

(fettered), umstvennyi korset(mental corset), and prigovor(judicial sen- tence).^44  u $  ,  #  #  ...

ties. Pavlova implies that there is no qualitative difference between the extraordinary woman, regarded as a freak by her societ ...

stolom,” her most radical critique of women’s position in society and lit- erature. Starting with Kadril’, Pavlova no longer foc ...

In Liza’s story, as Fusso remarks, Pavlova debunks Pushkin’s Pikovaia dama(The Queen of Spades) (“Pavlova’s Quadrille,” 120–21). ...

Countess Polina, we learn, did have a male relative to protect her. However, she could never please her judgmental and dour cous ...

,#    ,   h (I, a daughter of Russia, do not know A southern night.) ( 309 ) She also provides personal inf ...

    h (The fickle child disappeared.) ( 319 ) The countess’s tale: /    -u   u ...

[.......................] But the contradiction of those severe brows went wonderfully well With his gentle lips.)^49 (354–55) T ...

“Za chainym stolom” develops further several themes from Kadril’. The discussion about women’s nature now takes place between me ...

blame, telling the surviving duelist when he reproaches her that he must take responsibility for his own actions including his d ...

7 In Conclusion Noncanonical Men Poets In this study I have attempted to define the social and literary factors that led men lit ...