The Russian Image of Goethe, Volume 1 : Goethe in Russian Literature of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

"Gronicka gives an admirably concise, learned, and well-documented factual account of Russian literary relations to Goethe. . . . He makes use of unpublished materials and offers rich notes and an admirably complete bibliography."—__Comparative Literature Studies__ "Gronicka gives an admirably concise, learned, and well-documented factual account of Russian literary relations to Goethe. . . . He makes use of unpublished materials and offers rich notes and an admirably complete bibliography."—__Comparative Literature Studies__ "Gronicka gives an admirably concise, learned, and well-documented factual account of Russian literary relations to Goethe. . . . He makes use of unpublished materials and offers rich notes and an admirably complete bibliography."— Comparative Literature Studies "Gronicka gives an admirably concise, learned, and well-documented factual account of Russian literary relations to Goethe. . . . He makes use of unpublished materials and offers rich notes and an admirably complete bibliography."— Comparative Literature Studies The University of Pennsylvania Press is pleased to reissue in two volumes von Gronicka's study. The first volume discusses the early Russian reaction to Goethe and his work and his effect on Zhukovski (Goethe's translator and interpreter), Pushkin, Lermontov, the Pushkin Pleiade and the Decembrists, the Russian Romanticists, and the Westerners (Stankevich, Belinksi, and Herzen). Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Early Russian Reaction to Goethe and His Work Chapter Two: V. A. Zhukovski: Goethe’s Translator and Interpreter Chapter Three: A. S. Pushkin and M. Y. Lermontov Chapter Four: The Pushkin Pleiade and the Decembrists Chapter Five: The Russian Romanticists Chapter Six: The Westerners Notes Bibliography Index