The Slavic Literature Pod Eugene Onegin p.2 by Pushkin
Show Notes:
This week, Matt and Cameron dive into one of the greatest duels in all of Russian literature* in Part 2 of Aleksandr Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. We’ll be examining the particulars of dueling etiquette of the era as well as Pushkin’s relationship to his contemporary poets - it’s always exciting in the 19th Century, babey. Grab your finest winter-time wine and tune in!
* According to Matt, anyway.
Major themes: Pushkin teaches us PUA, Dueling etiquette, “Russian to the core”
06:54 - *200 years ago
40:17 - Vasily Zhukovsky
44:47 - Writing Fear: Russian Realism and the Gothic by Dr. Katherine Bowers
The music used in this episode was “soviet march,” by Toasted Tomatoes. You can find more of their work on Bandcamp and Youtube.
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