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A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Lermontov Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Andrew Kahn
240 pages
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196x129mm
978-0-19-965268-6
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Paperback
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11 April 2013
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- A new translation of the first great Russian novel, which brings the story of Romantic adventure and journeying to a new pitch of intensity and reflection.
- The only edition to include Pushkin's great travel narrative, The Journey to Arzrum, describing his miliary experiences in the Caucasus and which gives important context to Lermontov's later work.
- Idiomatic and accurate translation, sensitive to Lermontov's use of specific ethnographic vocabulary.
- Comprehensive introduction that considers the novel's relation to orientalism and the ethnographic and anthropological discourses of the day, as well as its qualities as a novel.
- Informative and extensively researched notes gloss a wide range of historical, literary, and geographical references.
'After all that - how, you might wonder, could one not become a fatalist?' Lermontov's hero, Pechorin, is a young army officer posted to the Caucasus, where his adventures - amorous and reckless - do nothing to alleviate his boredom and cynicism. World-weary and self-destructive, Pechorin is alienated from those around him yet he is full of passion and romantic ardour, sensitive as well as arrogant. His complex, contradictory character dominates A Hero of Our Time, the first great Russian novel, in which the intricate narrative unfolds episodically, transporting the reader
from the breathtaking terrain of the Caucasus to the genteel surroundings of spa resorts. Told in an engaging yet pointedly ironic style, the story expresses Lermontov's own estrangement from the stifling conventions of bourgeois society and the oppression of Russian autocracy, but it also captures a longing for freedom through acts of love and bravery. This new edition also includes Pushkin's Journey to Arzrum, in which Pushkin describes his own experiences of Russia's military campaigns in the Caucasus and which provides a fascinating counterpoint to Lermontov's novel. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Readers of classic fiction, Russian literature, literature in translation, students of Russian literature, the Russian novel, European Romanticism, comparative literature, Orientalism, nineteenth-century Russian history.
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Mikhail Lermontov Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Andrew Kahn, Professor of Russian Literature, University of OxfordNicolas Pasternak Slater has translated several works by Boris Pasternak, most recently The Family Correspondence, 1921-1960 (Hoover Press, 2010).
Andrew Kahn has written widely on Russian literature. His books include The Cambridge Companion to Pushkin (2006) and Pushkin's Lyric Intelligence (OUP, 2008, pbk 2012). For Oxford World's Classics he has edited Pushkin's The Queen of Spades and Other Stories and Montesquieu's Persian Letters.
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