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Overview
Prof. Briggs provides an introduction which looks closely at the poetry and then, taking the death of Lensky as the most important event, considers the sotry, the characters and the hidden meanings of the novel. English introduction, Russian text and notes and glossary.
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The alarmingly learned mathematician and author of such interdisciplinary marvels as his seminal Gødel, Escher, Bach moves into new territory with a lively English version of Pushkin's 1831 verse novel: the mock-heroic tale of how its bored Byronic "hero" (the eponymous Eugene) enchants, then callously rejects the loving Tatyana, and lives to suffer for his caddish behavior. Hofstadter employs the demanding original rhyme scheme (ABABCCDDEFFEGG: a hybrid of the sonnet and the couplet), devising dozens of ingenious rhymes—and recounts his delighted immersion in Pushkin and the Russian language, in a beguiling Preface that's almost as much fun as the immortal Eugene Onegin itself. A masterly performance, and a thoroughly charming book. .Book Details
Published
January 1, 1998
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Pages
282
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781853993961