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Milton and the Rise of Russian Satanism
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Valentin Boss
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English
Published/Copyright:
1991
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Russian notions of good and evil changed before the Revolution and will change again under glasnost' and perestroika. But no literary character has reflected such changes more dramatically than Milton's Satan, who managed to be both a hero to Romantic poets and Marxist critics.
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Boss Valentin :
Valentin Boss is a professor of History at McGill University.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Transliteration
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INTRODUCTION. The Rise of Russian Satanism
xix - PART I. The Satan of the Enlightenment
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1. Satan and the First Translation of Paradise Lost
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2. Introducing Milton's Satan to the Common Reader
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3. Monks and 'Pocket Poets': Publication
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4. Masonic Devils and the Light Within
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5. Satan, Pugachev, and the French Revolution
68 - PART II. Satan as Romantic and Marxist Idol
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6. The Demonic Tradition from Zhukovsky to Pushkin
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7. Milton's Satan and Lermontov
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8. Banning and Reviving Satan
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9. 1917 and After: The Triumph of Milton's Satan
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10. Satan as Anti-Imperialist
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Conclusion: Prince of Darkness, Prince of Light
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Appendixes
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Abbreviations
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Notes
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Bibliographic Note
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Bibliography
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Index
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November 10, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9781442664654
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276
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
