Also known as "Pushkin. Ruslan i Lyudmila."

Written in 1820, "Ruslan and Ludmila" was Pushkin's first major work. Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) - "the Sun of Russian Poetry" - 19th century poet who often has been considered the country's greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian into a rich, melodic language. He was the first to use everyday speech in his poetry. Pushkin's Romantic contemporaries were Byron (d. 1824) and Goethe (d. 1832), but his ironic attitude can be connected to the literature of the 18th century, especially to Voltaire. Pushkin wrote some 800 lyrics with a dozen narrative poems. The poem is gay and festive and bubbles with life. Having chosen for his theme the romantic story of four Russian knights who set out to rescue a princess captured by a wicked magician, the poet introduces a consciously "earthy" approach to it and is quick to ridicule his characters. The book is illustrated in the style of famous Palekh miniature painting.

Features

• Printed in Moscow, Russia

Specifications

	Edition:	Hardcover
	Publisher:	Raduga Publishers, Moscow
	Translated from Russian by:	Irina Zheleznova
	Illustrations by:	Boris, Kaleria, and Svetlana Kukuliev
	Designed by:	K. Balasanova
	Date Published:	Jan 2008
	Language:	English
	Number of Pages:	136 pages
	ISBN:	9785050068453