Eugene Onegin

Author : Aleksandr Pushkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400889693

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Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr Pushkin Pdf

When Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Pushkin’s masterpiece Eugene Onegin was first published in 1964, it ignited a storm of controversy that famously resulted in the demise of Nabokov’s friendship with critic Edmund Wilson. While Wilson derided it as a disappointment in the New York Review of Books, other critics hailed the translation and accompanying commentary as Nabokov’s highest achievement. Nabokov himself strove to render a literal translation that captured "the exact contextual meaning of the original," arguing that, "only this is true translation." Nabokov’s Eugene Onegin remains the most famous and frequently cited English-language version of the most celebrated poem in Russian literature, a translation that reflects a lifelong admiration of Pushkin on the part of one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant writers. Now with a new foreword by Nabokov biographer Brian Boyd, this edition brings a classic work of enduring literary interest to a new generation of readers.

Author : Konstantin Shilovsky,Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1540361942

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Eugene Onegin Libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky,Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pdf

This edition includes a line by line English translation together with the native Russian (written in Cyrillic) for the opera goer.

Author : Aleksandr Pushkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691228297

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Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr Pushkin Pdf

Vladimir Nabokov's famous and brilliant commentary on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin When Vladimir Nabokov first published his controversial translation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin in 1964, the great majority of the edition was taken up by Nabokov’s witty and exhaustive commentary. Presented here in its own volume, the commentary is a unique scholarly masterwork by one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers—a work that Nabokov biographer Brian Boyd calls “the most detailed commentary ever made on” Onegin and “indispensable to all serious students of Pushkin’s masterpiece.” In his commentary, Nabokov seeks to illuminate every possible nuance of this nineteenth-century classic. He explains obscurities, traces literary influences, relates Onegin to Pushkin’s other work, and in a characteristically entertaining manner dwells on a host of interesting details relevant to the poem and the Russia it depicts. Nabokov also provides translations of lines and stanzas deleted by the censor or by Pushkin himself, variants from Pushkin’s notebooks, fragments of a continuation called “Onegin’s Journey,” the unfinished and unpublished “Chapter Ten,” other continuations, and an index. A work of astonishing erudition and passion, Nabokov’s commentary is a landmark in the history of literary scholarship and in the understanding and appreciation of the greatest work of Russia’s national poet.

Author : Alexander Pushkin
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307959645

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Novels, Tales, Journeys by Alexander Pushkin Pdf

From the award-winning translators: the complete prose narratives of the most acclaimed Russian writer of the Romantic era and one of the world's greatest storytellers. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic tales of love, obsession, and betrayal to dark fables and sparkling comic masterpieces, from satirical epistolary tales and romantic adventures in the manner of Sir Walter Scott to imaginative historical fiction and the haunting dreamworld of "The Queen of Spades." The five short stories of The Late Tales of Ivan Petrovich Belkin are lightly humorous and yet reveal astonishing human depths, and his short novel, The Captain's Daughter, has been called the most perfect book in Russian literature.

Author : Sona Stephan Hoisington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002592298

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Russian Views of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin by Sona Stephan Hoisington Pdf

Author : Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1074 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0691019045

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Eugene Onegin: Commentary and index by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin Pdf

The description for this book, Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse: Commentary, will be forthcoming.

Author : Александр Сергеевич Пушкин
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : Russia
ISBN : 9781598583403

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Eugene Onegin by Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Pdf

Eugene Onegin, a "novel in verse," as announced by its subtitle, and Russia's best-loved classic, was written by Alexander Pushkin, that country's unsurpassed literary idol. Yet the American reading public generally attributes its authorship to Tchaikovsky, who composed the score and co-authored the libretto of its operatic adaptation. Henry Hoyt, translator for this bilingual edition, suggests that this misunderstanding may stem from other translations' having been cast in a mold ill-fitted to capture both the spirit and meaning of the original. Most of the translations follow the complicated rhyme and meter scheme of the original, where the invention of new rhymes for the translated version forces the translator to abandon verbal fidelity to the original. The other translations are in prose, lacking the rhythm and hence much of the spirit of the original. Mr. Hoyt's translation is unrhymed, but retains the meter of Pushkin's verses, a procedure under which he believes verbal fidelity is attainable along with rhythm, affording the English-speaking reader an experience as close as possible to that of a Russian-speaking reader of the original. This publication includes an appendix describing the Cyrillic alphabet for readers unfamiliar with it but interested in examining the original text.

Author : Amiel Gladstone,Veda Hille
Publisher : Concord Theatricals
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573707957

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Onegin by Amiel Gladstone,Veda Hille Pdf

When Onegin, a dashing but jaded aristocrat from St. Petersburg, inherits his uncle’s estate in the country, his arrival sets hearts afire and stirs the embers of jealousy. Even the reclusive young Tatyana falls hopelessly under the spell of the aloof Onegin and professes her love for him. Will playing with lonely Russian hearts reap heartbreak or romance?

Author : Burton D. Fisher
Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781930841000

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Eugene Onegin by Burton D. Fisher Pdf

A comprehensive guide to Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.

Author : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780714544724

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pdf

Eugene Onegin is the most popular of Tchaikovsky's operas. Entitled 'Lyrical Scenes after Pushkin' by the composer, the work takes as its basis the poem of the same name by the great Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. Its story of the unrequited love of Tatyana for the world-weary Onegin has exerted an irresistible hold over audiences for over a hundred years. With its combination of intimate private moments and sumptuous public scenes, the opera is one of the most fully achieved ever written.In this guide there is an article comparing Pushkin's original with its treatment in the opera, a detailed musical analysis and an appreciation of Tchaikovsky's particular skill as a word-setter. An essay on its performance history details the contributions of the most notable artists who have taken part in productions of the work. Illustrations, a thematic guide, the full libretto with English translation and reference sections are also included.Contains:Pushkin into Tchaikovsky, Caryl EmersonTchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Roland John WileyAn Appreciation of Eugene Onegin, Natalia ChallisA Domestic Love, Marina Frolova-WalkerEugene Onegin: A Selective Performance History, John AllisonEugene Onegin: Libretto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Konstantin Shilovsky and Modest Tchaikovsky after the novel in verse by Alexander PushkinEugene Onegin: English Translation by Opernfuehrer

Author : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyw
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780714545301

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyw Pdf

This tender, lyrical and passionate story of unrequited love holds a special place in Russian hearts. Tatyana's letter scene and the Polonaise are two much loved glories of the score; each act is tightly constructed around an antithesis of public and private scenes, and the dances are integral to the drama. The essence of both opera and poem is yearning, whether the artist's quest for his muse, or the lover for the beloved. Both poet and composer are true, in different ways, to this theme. The essays included in this guide explore the subtle and unexpected relationship between the words and music in Tchaikovsky's intimate 'Lyrical Scenes after Pushkin'.Contents: Pushkin into Tchaikovsky: Caustic Novel, Sentimental Opera, Caryl Emerson; Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin', Roland John Wiley; An Appreciation of 'Eugene Onegin', Natalia Challis; Eugene Onegin: Libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky and Pyotr Tchaikovsky; Eugene Onegin: English translation by David Lloyd-Jones

Author : Alexander Pushkin
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468304114

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Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Pdf

The Bollingen Prize–winning translation of the classic novel about pretense and vanity in nineteenth-century Russian society, plus notes and critical essays. Pushkin’s “novel in verse” has influenced Russian prose as well as poetry since its completion nearly two hundred years ago. By turns brilliant, entertaining, romantic, and serious, it traces the development of a young Petersburg dandy as he deals with life and love. Influenced by Byron, Pushkin reveals the nature of his heroes through the emotional colorations found in their witty remarks, nature descriptions, and unexpected actions, all conveyed in stanzas of sonnet length (a form that became known as the Onegin Stanza), faithfully reproduced by Walter Arndt in this prize-winning translation. Includes extensive introduction, notes, and four critical essays.

Author : Burton D. Fisher
Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781102009412

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Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin by Burton D. Fisher Pdf

Author : Michael Steen
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781848314672

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Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin by Michael Steen Pdf

The great Russian poet Pushkin's novel in verse tells the story of Tatyana, a love-struck country girl who unwisely wrote to the arrogant city-slicker Yevgeny Onegin professing her love. The tale resonated with Tchaikovsky when he found himself callously dismissing the suit of a student who similarly approached him out of the blue: within weeks, Tchaikovsky then married her! It was a disastrous decision; except that it inspired him to write his great opera. Onegin's future was different. Having shot his best friend, he returns to find that the naïve girl he rejected is now a great lady, married to a distinguished general. He is passionately in love, but it is too late. The opera includes Tatyana's emotional letter scene, as well the reckless and tragic duel, and the country house dance and the great ball in St Petersburg give Tchaikovsky the opportunity to provide us with some truly memorable dances such as the waltz, mazurka, and polonaise. Written by Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, 'Short Guides to Great Operas' are concise, entertaining and easy to read books about opera. Each is an opera guide packed with useful information and informed opinion, helping to make you a truly knowledgeable opera-goer, and so maximising your enjoyment of a great musical experience.

Author : Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1840221364

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Eugene Onegin and Other Stories by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin Pdf

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is, for Russians, their greatest writer; Eugene Onegin is his greatest work. This prose version, for the first time, gives us a Eugene Onegin that is easy and enjoyable to read.