Soul of Russian Culture · Pushkin

Author: Wu Xiaodu
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Readers who have entered the new century may still remember a cultural highlight of the world literary scene in the last year of the 20th century. In early summer of that year, an outstanding classical poet once again drew attention from the not-so-distant realm of poetry and stepped onto the forefront of world literary remembrance, awakening the innate poetic spirit in readers' hearts. This poet was none other than the founder of modern Russian literature, whom we are all very familiar with and love—Pushkin. In 1999, exactly 200 years after Pushkin's birth, literary enthusiasts around the world paid him a grand tribute. Among the many foreign poets, Pushkin is not just familiar to Chinese readers but also like a trusted friend. His passionate works of positive romanticism once moved countless progressive young people in China. He sympathized with the hardworking masses, wrote in the language of the people, and reflected the realist artistic spirit of the times, which shared a similar historical and artistic context with the literary creation direction we advocate. Therefore, Chinese readers have a special fondness for Pushkin's works. The immortal works left behind by Pushkin during his short yet brilliant life have won the universal admiration of readers from teenagers to adults. Looking back at the thousands of years of world literary history, it is rare to find a literary figure with such a broad creative field and artistic achievements, as well as such a wide readership. This book, written in concise prose, records the life of this master from various perspectives.