Pushkin: Man and His Age (biography)

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Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes. 1 copy only.

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's (1799-1837) short and dramatic life is at odds with his prolific literary output. Given that, the overall shortage of biographical literature in English is surprising. Robin Edmonds avoids digressions into triviality and literary criticism and gives in-depth analysis of Pushkin's epic poems (Onegin) and others, both in the original and in translation. Edmonds (1921-2009) attended and studied classics at Oxford University, and was a member of the British Foreign Service for 30 years. A appealing biography in a field basically devoid of Pushkin biographies.