FREE Kindle eBook - Creating the Empress--Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II
From the eReader Cafe email list, a FREE Kindle eBook, “Creating the Empress: Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II (Ars Rossica)” by Vera Proskurina.
As of this writing, the eBook is free. But whenever you visit the site, double-check and make sure the price is still in fact FREE.
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For those outside the US wanting the Kindle version, go to your country's Amazon site. Search for the eBook from there, and see if it's free. The Links below work for the US Amazon site, but (for example) probably won't let you get the book for free at “Amazon Canada”.
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From the Publisher's description:
In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from this period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch’s power. Each chapter of the book revolves around the major events of Catherine’s reign (and some major literary works) that give a broad framework to discuss the evolution of important recurring motifs and images.
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