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The Imperial Sublime A Russian Poetics of Empire Harsha Ram A Publication of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies General Editors: David M. Bethea and Alexander Dolinin "An original and persuasive illumination of the history of Russian poetry."—William Mills Todd III, Harvard University The Imperial Sublime examines the rise of the Russian empire as a literary theme simultaneous with the evolution of Russian poetry between the 1730s and 1840—the century during which poets defined the main questions facing Russian literature and society. Harsha Ram shows how imperial ideology became implicated in an unexpectedly wide range of issues, from formal problems of genre, style, and lyric voice to the vexed relationship between the poet and the ruling monarch. "An excellent knowledge of specifically Russian and general European contexts, incisive textual analyses, and a very fine aesthetic sensibility make Ram's book an outstanding achievement."—Boris Gasparov, Columbia University "Given its broad perspective and eloquent argument, Ram's study of the confluent rise of the imperial sublime and the modern Russian poetic language should prove a vital resource for scholars of Russian history and poetics. . . . Ram breaks new ground in forging a synthesis of historical concern and poetic tradition. Essential."—N. Tittler, Choice The Imperial Sublime was a finalist, Best Book in Slavic Literary and Cultural Studies, AATSEEL Harsha Ram is associate professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.) Of Related Interest The Pushkin Handbook Edited by David M. Bethea In English and Russian ISBN 978-0-299-19560-1 Cloth A Publication of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies The Uncensored Boris Godunov The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy, with Annotated Text and Translation Chester Dunning with Caryl Emerson, Sergei Fomichev, Lidiia Lotman, and Antony Wood ISBN 978-0-299-20760-1 Cloth A Publication of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies

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