The Empire of Catherine II"s Pen. Literature as Politics
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The book is dedicated to the literary and, as a rule, the acutely polemic experiments of Empress Catherine II, who reflected and embodied the policy she pursued. The Queen of the Rules with the help of not only decrees, but also a literary pen, turning literature into politics and at the same time transferring the fashionable European paradigm "writer on the throne" on Russian soil. Wanting to become a legitimate member of the European "Republique des Letters", Catherine carefully prepared the intellectual circles of Europe for the perception of her texts, attracting to their discussion of Voltaire, Didro, Grimma, inviting diplomats and especially important foreign guests to the theatrical performances of her plays. Each text of the empress, whether it is her two -volume "antidote" or a cycle of comedies of 1772, historical dramas, anti -Masonic parodies or journal controversy, carry a certain strategic charge - to note the own boundaries of civilization, outline the territory of free -thinking, determine the categories of a reasonable one, mentally "win" past
Author:
Author:Proskurina Vera Yuryevna
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Education & Teaching
- Category:Religion & Spiritually
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:White
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-0661-6
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