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Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] - A Romance of Russian Life in Verse
Eugene Onguine, the chief poetical work of Russias greatest poet, having been translated into all the principal languages of Europe except our own, I hope that this version may prove an acceptable contribution to literature. Tastes are various in matters of poetry, but the present work possesses a more solid claim to attention in the series of faithful pictures it offers of Russian life and manners. If these be compared with Mr. Wallaces book on Russia, it will be seen that social life in that empire still preserves many of the characteristics which distinguished it half a century agothe period of the first publication of the latter cantos of this poem. Many references will be found in it to our own country and its literature. Russian poets have carefully plagiarized the English notably Joukvski. Pushkin, however, was no plagiarist, though undoubtedly his mind was greatly influenced by the genius of Byron more especially in the earliest part of his career. Indeed, as will be remarked in the following pages, he scarcely makes an effort to disguise this fact. The biographical sketch is of course a mere outline. I did not think a longer one advisable, as memoirs do not usually excite much interest till the subjects of them are pretty well known. In the notes I have endeavored to elucidate a somewhat obscure subject. Some of the poets allusions remain enigmatical to the present day. The point of each sarcasm naturally passed out of mind together with the society against which it was levelled. If some of the versification is rough and wanting in go, I must plead in excuse the difficult form of the stanza, and in many instances the inelastic nature of the subject matter to be versified. Stanza XXXV Canto II forms a good example of the latter difficulty, and is omitted in the German and French versions to which I have had access. The translation of foreign verse is comparatively easy so long as it is confined to conventional poetic subjects, but when it embraces abrupt scraps of conversation and the description of local customs it becomes a much more arduous affair. I think I may say that I have adhered closely to the text of the original. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 23997
Author: Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich
Release Date: Dec 27, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English
Translator: Spalding, Henry
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