Alexander Sumarokov Summary

In the essay below, Ober and Wade offer a close analysis of Sumarokov's translation of sonnets by Paul Fleming, contesting the view of an earlier critic that Sumarokov drastically changed the c... Read more

In the following essay, Vroon attempts to show that the odes in Ody toržhestvennye, which are often radically edited versions of earlier poems, were altered not only because of Sumarokov'... Read more

In the essay which follows, Vroon argues that the love poems in Elegii liubovnyia, were intended as a narrative sequence, and maintains that the Russian lyric sequence has its beginnings some decades ... Read more

In the excerpt below, Fizer explains the social conditions that gave rise to Sumarokov's interest in French culture and ideas, and offers an appraisal of the aesthetic significance of Sumarokov... Read more

In the essay which follows, Heim compares the translation techniques of Sumarokov and Trediakovsky, showing that the two men were engaged in a serious literary rivalry and claiming that Sumarokov�... Read more

In this essay, Rosenberg analyzes Trediakovsky's criticism of Sumarokov in the 1740s and 1750s, arguing that beyond a personal rivalry there were substantive differences between the two writers... Read more

In this excerpt, Serman offers a brief assessment of Sumarokov's major works and his contribution to and place in the history of Russian letters. Alexander Sumarokov (1717-77), unlike Tredia... Read more