Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin was a Russian poet and novelist of the early nineteenth century, widely considered the founder of modern Russian literature.
His verse novel *Eugene Onegin* and his plays and short stories established templates that Russian writers followed for generations.
Pushkin died at thirty-seven from wounds sustained in a duel.
Prearranged one-on-one combat
- deathCessation of life
- African ancestryHeritage tracing to Africa
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
- LyceumAristotle's Athenian teaching grounds
exile · Saint Petersburg · censor · tsar · nobility · serf · gambling · debts
Metered poetic passage
- lyricSong's text
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
sonnet · elegy · ode · ballad · iambic · tetrameter · The Prophet · Monument
Intense emotional drive
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- loveIntense fond attachment
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
melancholy · individualism · sublime · heroism · idealism · beauty · yearning · inspiration
Specific playing card
Country's honored verse writer
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- literary influenceEffect of texts on writers
cultural icon · adaptation · translation · centenary · literary canon
duel
Prearranged one-on-one combat
- deathCessation of life
- African ancestryHeritage tracing to Africa
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
Lyceum · exile · Saint Petersburg · censor · tsar · nobility · serf · gambling · debts · honor
verse
Metered poetic passage
meter · sonnet · elegy · ode · ballad · iambic · tetrameter · The Prophet · Monument · poetic genius
passion
Intense emotional drive
imagination · melancholy · individualism · sublime · heroism · idealism · beauty · yearning · inspiration · emotion
The Queen of Spades
Specific playing card
national poet
Country's honored verse writer
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
literary influence · cultural icon · adaptation · translation · centenary · literary canon
- poetspoet, Homer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson
- DuelistsAaron Burr, fencer, swordsman, gunslinger, pistoleer
- Noble WritersLord Byron, Marquis de Sade, Horace Walpole, Bertrand Russell
- Russian PlaywrightsChekhov, Anton Chekhov, Schwartz
- Victorian TheatreHenrik Ibsen, proscenium, Oscar Wilde, footlights, backstage
Alexander PushkinShakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Goethe · Dante · Victor Hugo · Taras Shevchenko · Walt Whitman
Alexander PushkinBoris Pasternak