Boris Godunov: Transposition of a Russian Theme

by Caryl Emerson

Overview

The tale of Boris Godunov—tsar, usurper, tsarecide—dating from the early seventeenth-century Time of Troubles, inspired three major nineteenth-century Russian cultural expressions: in history by Nikolai Karamzin, in drama by Alexander Pushkin, and in opera by Modest Musorgsky. Each of these famous creations was a vehicle for generic innovation, in which a specifically Russian concept of genre was asserted in opposition to the reigning European models: German historiography, French melodrama, and Italian opera. Within a Bakhtinian framework, Caryl Emerson explores these three versions of the Boris Tale, the context of their genesis, and their complex interrelationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253312303
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	12/22/1986
Series:	Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years