Terror and Pity
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-61811-472-3 (ISBN)
Situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, Terror and Pity: Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia offers an in-depth reading of early Russian tragedy as a political genre.
Imported to Russia by Aleksandr Sumarokov around 1750, tragedy reenacted and shaped the symbolic economy and the often disturbing historical experience of “absolutist” autocracy. Addressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from Walter Benjamin to Foucault and “new historicism” in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern “poetics of culture.”
Kirill Ospovatreceived his PhD from the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU, Moscow, Russia) in 2005. He has held various postdoctoral appointments in Russia, Germany, the UK, and the US, most recently in the ERC-funded research group "Early modern drama and the cultural net" at the Freie Universitat Berlin.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
POLITICAL THEATER AND THE ORIGINS OF RUSSIAN TRAGIC DRAMA
Theater at Court
Sumarokov and the réformation du theater
Political Theater and the Poetics of Autocracy
“Scenarios of Power”: The Politics of Tragic Plots
Dramatic Experience: Tragedy and the Emotional Economy of the Court
PART II
KHOREV, OR THE TRAGEDY OF ORIGIN
Poetry, History, Allegory
Khorev and the Scenario of Marriage
Pastoral Politics and Tragedy
The Tragedy of Suspicion
PART III
POETIC JUSTICE: COUP D’ÉTAT, POLITICAL THEOLOGY, AND THE POLITICS OF SPECTACLE IN THE RUSSIAN HAMLET
Tragedy and Political Theology
The Drama of Coup d’état
Anatomy of Melancholy, or Gamlet the Hero
Investigations of Malice
The Catharsis of Pardon
EPILOGUE
THE THEATER OF WAR AND PEACE: THE “MIRACLE OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG” AND THE POETICS OF EUROPEAN ABSOLUTISM
Tragedy and Political Theology on the Battlefield
Frederick, or the Performance of Defeat
Peter, or the Tragedy of Triumph
Conclusion: Tragedy, History, and Theory
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.05.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Imperial Encounters in Russian History |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Brighton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Slavistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61811-472-7 / 1618114727 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61811-472-3 / 9781618114723 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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