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Author Wesling, Molly W., 1964-

Title Napoleon in Russian cultural mythology / Molly W. Wesling.

Publication Info. New York : P. Lang, [2001]
©2001

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Description xvi, 196 pages ; 24 cm.
Series The age of revolution and romanticism, 1045-4497 ; vol. 29
Age of revolution and romanticism ; v. 29.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-191) and index.
Contents Preface: Napoleon in Russian Cultural Mythology -- 1. Allons en Russie: Setting the Stage for a Napoleon Mythology -- 2. Napoleon in Romantic Russia: The Disappearing Dream -- 3. Sacred Spaces: Napoleon in the Russian City -- 4. Good Fortune and Bad: Bankruptcy of the Napoleonic Idea -- 5. 1912: The Centenary Celebration and Beyond.
Summary "Beginning with the earliest days of his meteoric rise to power at the turn of the nineteenth century and continuing into the post-soviet era, Napoleon Bonaparte has maintained a peculiar grip on Russian popular and literary imagination. Heralded as the Messiah, condemned as the Antichrist, and lauded as the spirit of the Revolution, Napoleon invaded Russia at a critical period in its historical development, when ideas about nation and identity were beginning to take form in literature and public debate. Using traditional methods and tools of literary analysis, this book examines the figure of Napoleon in the context of uniquely Russian paradigms and myths.
It analyzes the motifs, images, and plots that underlie the ongoing process of the mythologization of Napoleon and demonstrates how the speaking terms in which Russians regaled this outsider, at various moments and in different contexts, expose strategies Russians used in common to fashion their own self-image and that of their nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Russia -- Civilization -- 1801-1917.
Russia.
Civilization.
Chronological Term 1801-1917
Subject Russia -- Civilization -- French influences.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Relations with Russians.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Relations with Russians.
Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Russian literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- In literature.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Influence.
ISBN 0820449822 alkaline paper
9780820449821 alkaline paper