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Peter The Great Yevgeny Onegin Russian
826 wordsThis year we celebrate the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet. Pushkin was born in Moscow on June 6, 1799. His poetry has become part of the Russian language and the spiritual life of the Russian people and holds a special place in every Russian heart. Alexander Pushkin created the language of modern Russian literature. He freed Russian writing from the constraints of tradition and set new literary standards for novelists and poets. His preference for su...
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Lady Of Shalott Narrative Poem
1,873 words'... Just as the storm clouds often slay The scarcely breathing new born day. ' 1 One of the most popular of Tennyson's poems, The Lady of Shalott relates the tragic story of an extremely lonely young lady longing for a soulmate. A poem of "technical virtuosity, inspired landscape-painting based on precise observation, and a dreamworld of artistic beauty denying the commonplace" 2, "turning to beauty as a possibility of a more complete life" 3, it is one of the highlights of the author's early y...
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Russian Orthodox Church 18 Th Century
1,224 wordsMankind has always aspired to be the largest, biggest, strongest, highest, essentially the best in everything. This is not untrue for the Russians who have had the largest country in the world for quite some time now. Russia covers one-sixth of the entire worlds land mass and has had a significant part in modern history. However, in order to understand why a country has become what it is now, one must look at its culture. A countrys culture not only reflects its citizens now but also its history...
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L B One Eye
1,418 wordsSolomon Gursky Was Here is an epic novel spanning nearly a century and a half, from the mid 1800 's to 1980 's. It is the story of the obsession of Moses Berger, a Rhodes scholar turned alcoholic, with Solomon Gursky, the charismatic son of a poor immigrant. Solomon, with his brother Bernard and Morrie, built the massive liquor empire of McTavish industries. Moses is attempting to write a biography of Solomon, which becomes his life's work. Through his investigations the complex story of five ge...
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Romantic Poets Eighteenth Century
536 wordsIn earlier days of poetry there were three types of poetry that were alike in some ways but different on views. Eighteenth century poets and Romantic poets focused mainly on nature and incorporated God some of the time. But in the works from the Puritans, their main focal point was also on nature, but it always came second to God. These different movements in poetry came about through the works of talented poets such as John Milton, Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Pope, and William Wordsworth. Seve...
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L B One Eye
1,411 wordsSolomon Gursky Was Here is an epic novel spanning nearly a century and a half, from the mid 1800 s to 1980 s. It is the story of the obsession of Moses Berger, a Rhodes scholar turned alcoholic, with Solomon Gursky, the charismatic son of a poor immigrant. Solomon, with his brother Bernard and Morrie, built the massive liquor empire of McTavish industries. Moses is attempting to write a biography of Solomon, which becomes his lifes work. Through his investigations the complex story of five gener...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hands And Feet
1,860 wordsFor the past two hundred years, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death has been shrouded in mystery. Some say his great rival, Antonio Salieri, or the Freemasons murdered him. Others say he was simply exhausted. And some believe he died from sickness. It has been established that Mozart suffered from various illnesses, which no doubt contributed to his death. But some researchers have concluded that physical and mental exhaustion greatly affected Mozart, and contributed to his early death. These resear...
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Great Deal Short Story
495 wordsPushkin, the Father of Russian Short Story The story, or novella, as a literary genre has a relatively shorter history in Russian than in some of the countries of the West, but within the short span there is enough richness and variety to make a representative selection rather difficult. Historicallyspeaking, Aleksandr Pushkin s works are justifiably pegged as the true starting point ofthe short story in Russian literature. Pushkin is, generally speaking, the fountainhead andthe epitome of moder...
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