{"product_id":"a-voltaire-for-russia-amanda-ewington-9780810126961","title":"A Voltaire for Russia: A. P. Sumarokov's Journey from Poet-Critic to Russian Philosophe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn A Voltaire for Russia, Amanda Ewington examines the tumultuous literary career of Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov in relation to that of his slightly older French contemporary, Voltaire. Although largely unknown in the English-speaking world, Sumarokov was one of the founding fathers of modern Russian literature, renowned in his own time as a great playwright and prolific \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Voltaire for Russia polemicizes with long-accepted readings of Sumarokov as an imitator of French neoclassical poets, ultimately questioning the very notion of a Russian \"classicism.\" Ewington uncovers Sumarokov's poignantly personal devotion to Voltaire as a new framework for understanding not only his works but also his literary allegiances and agenda, as he sets out to establish a Russian literature and cultivate a reading public. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Ewington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810126966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810126961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Amanda Ewington","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065162051839,"sku":"9780810126961","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_496dc169-fcb9-4bb1-8f2a-25499d1ccb23.jpg?v=1768673399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-voltaire-for-russia-amanda-ewington-9780810126961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}