A People Passing Rude: British Responses To Russian Culture
by Anthony Professor Cross /
2012 / English / PDF
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Described by the sixteenth-century English poet George Turbervile
as "a people passing rude, to vices vile inclin'd", the Russians
waited some three centuries before their subsequent cultural
achievements - in music, art and particularly literature - achieved
widespread recognition in Britain. The essays in this stimulating
collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia's influence on
British culture. They move from the early nineteenth century - when
Byron sent his hero Don Juan to meet Catherine the Great, and an
English critic sought to come to terms with the challenge of
Pushkin - to a series of Russian-themed exhibitions at venues
including the Crystal Palace and Earls Court. The collection looks
at British encounters with Russian music, the absorption with
Dostoevskii and Chekhov, and finishes by shedding light on
Britain's engagement with Soviet film. Edited by Anthony Cross, one
of the world's foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, 'A
People Passing Rude' is essential reading for anyone with an
interest in British and Russian cultures and their complex
inter-relationship.
Described by the sixteenth-century English poet George Turbervile
as "a people passing rude, to vices vile inclin'd", the Russians
waited some three centuries before their subsequent cultural
achievements - in music, art and particularly literature - achieved
widespread recognition in Britain. The essays in this stimulating
collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia's influence on
British culture. They move from the early nineteenth century - when
Byron sent his hero Don Juan to meet Catherine the Great, and an
English critic sought to come to terms with the challenge of
Pushkin - to a series of Russian-themed exhibitions at venues
including the Crystal Palace and Earls Court. The collection looks
at British encounters with Russian music, the absorption with
Dostoevskii and Chekhov, and finishes by shedding light on
Britain's engagement with Soviet film. Edited by Anthony Cross, one
of the world's foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, 'A
People Passing Rude' is essential reading for anyone with an
interest in British and Russian cultures and their complex
inter-relationship.