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

Khvoshchinskaia, Praskov’ia, 113 , 118
Khvoshchinskaia, Sof’ia, 113 , 114 ,
115 , 116 , 118 , 120
Khvoshchinsky, Dmitrii Kesarevich,
112 , 113 –14, 263 n. 5
kinds of literature, 57 , 242 n. 2
Kireevsky, Ivan, 140 , 141
Kireevsky, Petr, 140
Kiukhel’beker, 74 ; and Kul’man, 28
Kol’tsov, Aleksei, 4 , 169 , 171 , 172–73;
and Belinsky, 34 , 170 , 279 n. 12 ;
literary reputation, 173 ; and
Zhukovsky, 35 , 233 n. 35
Korsini, Mar’ia: “Zhenshchina-
pisatel’nitsa,” 25
Krestovsky, V., 45 , 112 , 118. See also
Khvoshchinskaia
kruzhki(literary circles), 30 , 34 , 36 , 139
Krylov, Ivan, 170
Kul’man, Elisaveta, 4 , 5 , 220 n. 71 ; and
Anacreon, 32 , 42 ; and classicism,
32 , 33 ; and male muse, 42. Works:
“K Anakreon,” 18 , 42 ; “Korinna,”
44 , 194–202, 235 n. 6 ; “Safo,” 47

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie de, 46 ,
59 , 237 n. 26
lament. See prichitanie
languages, Russian poets’ knowl-
edge of: European, 247 n. 36 ;
Khvoshchinskaia, 113 ; Kul’man,
31 , 33 ; Latin, 31–32; Pavlova, 40 ,
41 ; Rostopchina, 93
legal separations, Russia, 21–22
Lermontov, Mikhail, 4 , 13 ; and the po-
ema, 64 , 244 n. 19 ; and Ros-
topchina, 90 , 101 ; and
Zhukovsky, 34. Works: “Klad-
bishche,” 11 ; “Morskaia
tsarevna,” 50
lesbianism, invention of, 118
Leucas, promontory of, 39
Libina, Nadezhda, 45. See alsoGare-
lina
Lisitsyna, Mariia, 4 , 5 , 30 ; depiction
of nature, 52 ; and signature, 45 ;
and Teplova, 30 , 77

literary circles. See kruzhki

literary gatekeepers, 7 , 12 , 37 , 85 , 139 ,

167

literary orientalism, 65

literary reputation, 167 ; factors deter-

mining, 137–40, 168. See also

Khvoshchinskaia; Kol’tsov; liter-

ary social capital; Mil’keev;

Pavlova; Rostopchina

literary social capital, 7 , 37 , 222 n. 18 ;

and canonicity, 168 , 169 ; and

gender, 8 , 138–40; and

Khvoshchinskaia, 143 ; and

Pavlova, 140–43

literary standards, 12 , 14–15, 172 ;

gender-neutral, 19–20

literature, men’s and women’s, 47

Literaturnaia gazeta, 39 , 114 , 120 , 121 ,

128

Lomonosov, Mikhailo, 59

lyceums, influence on Russian men

poets, 31

lyrics, 5 , 20 , 81–85; implied reader, 48

Macpherson, James: Ossian poems,

39 , 59

Maikov, Apollon, 4 , 35 , 169 , 170 ; and

Pletnev, 34–35

Maksimovich, Mikhail, 6 , 34 ; and

Dennitsa, 34 ; and Teplova, 6 , 22 ,

35 , 36 , 233 n. 36

male gaze, 16 , 91 , 96 , 225 n. 39

male privilege, 168 , 170

Mandel’shtam, Osip, 230 n. 19 ,

265 n. 18

marked feminine endings (Russian),

27 , 45 ; Khvoshchinskaia, 120 ;

Pavlova, 147

marriage law, Russian, 21–22, 227 n. 5

married women’s property rights, 22

mentors: for canonical poets, 168 ;

and gender, 34–35, 36 , 122 ; and

Khvoshchinskaia, 121–22; for

noncanonical poets, 170 , 173

Mickiewicz, Adam, 141 , 142

Mikhailov, Mikhail Larionovich, 39 ,

235 n. 8

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