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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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Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839; 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
Born into a noble family, Odoevsky was an ensign in the imperial Horse Guards when he was arrested for participating in the failed “Decembrist” Rising of 1825. He had written only a few poems; many more were written either in the Peter and Paul Fortress or in exile, first in Irkutsk and then in the Caucasus, where he served as a common soldier and died of malaria. Much of his poetry, like that of the other Decembrists, is about liberty and patriotism, but some of it, understandably, deals with memories of home and family, prison life, and poetry itself. On his death Lermontov, who had met him in the Caucasus, wrote a memorable elegy.
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- Romanticism: 100 Poems , pp. 135 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021