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- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
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- Anton Delvig (1798–1831; Russian)
- Amable Tastu (1798–1885; French)
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855; Polish)
- Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837; Russian)
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885; French)
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838; English)
- Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839; Russian)
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Anton Delvig (1798–1831; Russian)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2021
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Anton Delvig (1798–1831; Russian)
- Amable Tastu (1798–1885; French)
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855; Polish)
- Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837; Russian)
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885; French)
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838; English)
- Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839; Russian)
- Part
- Part
- Part
Summary
The son of an impoverished nobleman of German ancestry, Delvig was a schoolfriend of Pushkin’s at the lyceum (or lycée) of Tsarskoe Selo, and remained his friend thereafter: “no one in the world was dearer to me than Delvig,” Pushkin wrote. A post as a librarian left him free to write and edit literary journals, and he had some influence as a critic. His poetry consisted mainly of sonnets, idylls, and “Russian songs” based on popular verse. As a sonneteer he is praised by Pushkin in his own sonnet on sonnets (p. x).
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- Romanticism: 100 Poems , pp. 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021