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Word: oneguin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gave an account of one of Poushkin's most characteristic creations-a novel in verse: "Eugene Oneguin,"-with an interesting sketch of the literary aspect presented by Russian society of the first decade of our century. The chief chacteristic of Poushkin's lyric poetry was harmoniousness and many sidedness. Equally excellent, said the speaker, was the poet in picturing human sorrow or human joy. One never goes without the other, and, to express the poet's complexity, the lecturer characterizes it as "pouring rain with brilliant sunshine." He endeavored to give his hearers an impression of Poushkin's language...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCE WOLKONSKY'S LECTURE. | 2/25/1896 | See Source »

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