Jane Austen in Russia?
Shrager, Miriam
mshrage at INDIANA.EDU
Mon May 1 16:59:59 UTC 2006
Dear Cathy,
I am among those who have been speculating on that subject for a while,
not only of Pride and Prejudice and Evgeny Onegin, but other books of
Jane Austin as well. My speculations, however, are based on structural
similarities found in the texts themselves. Regarding the question of
traces of Jane Austin's books in Russia, I found something which may
support this idea:
Last summer I was visiting in Carskoe Selo and Licej. Among the English
books of Licej's library I saw Jane Austin's books. I was told that the
present museum library contains the original books which were in Licej.
If it is true, it means that Pushkin had access to Austin's novels.
Whether he indeed read them, I don't know. I don't recall it being
mentioned in his dairy.
There is also another possibility that these books were added to
Licej's library later. I would appreciate any information on that
subject.
Best,
Miriam Shrager (Masha)
> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:44:56 -0400
> From: cn29 at COLUMBIA.EDU
> Subject: Jane Austen in Russia?
>
> Dear Seelangers,
>
> I'm writing to see if any of you have come across "traces" of Jane
> Austen in Russia in the nineteenth century. I'm aware of (and have
> contributed to) the speculations about Evgeny Onegin and Pride and
> Prejudice, but I'm looking for any evidence that anyone (writers,
> critics, general intellectuals, etc.) read Jane Austen in Russia in
> the nineteenth century. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Please reply off-list to cn29 at columbia.edu. Best wishes, Cathy
> Nepomnyashchy
>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:25:23 -0800
> From: Sarah Hurst <sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET>
> Subject: Re: simpson, garnett, p/v
>
> - Yes, the article compares the English texts and Simpson tells us what
> appeals to her - that is the point of the article. It doesn't attempt to do
> anything else, although it does mention that in terms of the style of the
> period, more florid and old-fashioned English prose may be more appropriate
> than modern slang.
>
> Sarah Hurst
>
> I also read Mona Simpson's "review" of Anthony Brigg's War and Pe
> ace, and
> I must respectfully disagree with Ms. Hurst. In fact I wrote a cranky
>
> letter to the editors about it. Yes, it's important to pay attention t
> o
> the English text, since that's what people hold in their hands. But it
> 's
> a translation! All Mona Simpson does is compare English texts and tell u
> s
> which appeals to her - but the question is does Briggs capture the
> original better or worse than others? She has no idea.
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:34:56 -0400
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> Subject: A Kuzmin question
>
> Dear SEELANGtsy,
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> Is Kuzmin's WINGS available anywhere in English translation (for use
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:48:58 -0400
> From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Jane Austen in Russia?
>
> Dear Cathy Nepomnyashchy,
> I know you said off-list, but this question intrigues me. I am a devotee
> of Austen, and have always been intrigued by the total ignorance of her
> oeuvre in Russia in the 19th century.
>
> Here's my take, which I predict will be proven wrong and thoroughly
> reviled by the list, but it's a way to start the conversation.=20
>
> I do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of everything Leo Tolstoy wrote,
> and I don't have at hand the last volume of the PSS, or to the list of
> books in his library. But I never recall Tolstoy mentioning Austen. This
> should throw up a red flag: Tolstoy was very aware of the British
> literary scene, and felt a great deal of kinship with his colleagues on
> the other side of Europe. (Enough to steal quite a lot directly from
> Dickens.) I feel confident in saying that Tolstoy was likely among the
> best read individuals in Russia during the last half of the century (and
> the first decade of this one). I certainly doubt there were many who
> rivaled his knowledge of European literature. However, he seemed to be
> entirely unaware of Austen.=20
>
> But this is not accidental.
>
> Austen's literary fame was largely welded during the first three decades
> of the twentieth century. She was largely disliked during the
> nineteenth: Twain and Bronte famously mocked her, as any biography of
> Austen will tell you. Some minor lights of the age found her passably
> interesting, but generally she lay forgotten with authors like Fanny
> Burney. I imagine that her witty, subtle and cool observations did not
> meet with approval given the literary tastes of most of the century in
> Europe.
>
> My impression: The Bloomsbury group is largely responsible for the very
> high esteem that she has enjoyed during the last century. They made her
> vogue, and if you think about it for a while, it makes sense. (It is
> interesting that it is also the Bloomsbury group who made Tolstoy the
> most writerly of writers.)=20
>
> Best,
> mad
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
> Director, University Honors Program
> =20
> Contact Information:
> Russian Studies Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32720-3756
> 386.822.7381 (department)
> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>
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> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:45 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Jane Austen in Russia?
>
> Dear Seelangers,
>
> I'm writing to see if any of you have come across "traces" of Jane
> Austen in Russia in the nineteenth century. I'm aware of (and have
> contributed to) the speculations about Evgeny Onegin and Pride and
> Prejudice, but I'm looking for any evidence that anyone (writers,
> critics, general intellectuals, etc.) read Jane Austen in Russia in
> the nineteenth century. Any help would be greatly appreciated.=20
> Please reply off-list to cn29 at columbia.edu. Best wishes, Cathy
> Nepomnyashchy
>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:28:37 -0700
> From: Daniel Rancour-Laferriere <darancourlaferriere at COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: Re: Jane Austen in Russia?
>
> 28 April '06
> Galina Alexeeva (galalexeeva at tula.net), Research Director of the
> Museum-Estate of Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana, has done extensive research
> on Tolstoy's awareness of English literature. Her English is fluent,
> and she can put her hands on the very books Tolstoy read right there in
> his personal library in Yasnaya.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel Rancour-Laferriere
>
> PS. Note today's date. Tolstoy would have. He was born on 28 August
> 1828, and he had a superstitious attitude toward the number "28."
>
> Michael Denner wrote:
>
>> Dear Cathy Nepomnyashchy,
>> I know you said off-list, but this question intrigues me. I am a devotee
>> of Austen, and have always been intrigued by the total ignorance of her
>> oeuvre in Russia in the 19th century.
>>
>> Here's my take, which I predict will be proven wrong and thoroughly
>> reviled by the list, but it's a way to start the conversation.
>>
>> I do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of everything Leo Tolstoy wrote,
>> and I don't have at hand the last volume of the PSS, or to the list of
>> books in his library. But I never recall Tolstoy mentioning Austen. This
>> should throw up a red flag: Tolstoy was very aware of the British
>> literary scene, and felt a great deal of kinship with his colleagues on
>> the other side of Europe. (Enough to steal quite a lot directly from
>> Dickens.) I feel confident in saying that Tolstoy was likely among the
>> best read individuals in Russia during the last half of the century (and
>> the first decade of this one). I certainly doubt there were many who
>> rivaled his knowledge of European literature. However, he seemed to be
>> entirely unaware of Austen.
>>
>> But this is not accidental.
>>
>> Austen's literary fame was largely welded during the first three decades
>> of the twentieth century. She was largely disliked during the
>> nineteenth: Twain and Bronte famously mocked her, as any biography of
>> Austen will tell you. Some minor lights of the age found her passably
>> interesting, but generally she lay forgotten with authors like Fanny
>> Burney. I imagine that her witty, subtle and cool observations did not
>> meet with approval given the literary tastes of most of the century in
>> Europe.
>>
>> My impression: The Bloomsbury group is largely responsible for the very
>> high esteem that she has enjoyed during the last century. They made her
>> vogue, and if you think about it for a while, it makes sense. (It is
>> interesting that it is also the Bloomsbury group who made Tolstoy the
>> most writerly of writers.)
>>
>> Best,
>> mad
>> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>> Dr. Michael A. Denner
>> Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
>> Director, University Honors Program
>>
>> Contact Information:
>> Russian Studies Program
>> Stetson University
>> Campus Box 8361
>> DeLand, FL 32720-3756
>> 386.822.7381 (department)
>> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
>> 386.822.7380 (fax)
>> www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of cn29 at COLUMBIA.EDU
>> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:45 AM
>> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] Jane Austen in Russia?
>>
>> Dear Seelangers,
>>
>> I'm writing to see if any of you have come across "traces" of Jane
>> Austen in Russia in the nineteenth century. I'm aware of (and have
>> contributed to) the speculations about Evgeny Onegin and Pride and
>> Prejudice, but I'm looking for any evidence that anyone (writers,
>> critics, general intellectuals, etc.) read Jane Austen in Russia in
>> the nineteenth century. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Please reply off-list to cn29 at columbia.edu. Best wishes, Cathy
>> Nepomnyashchy
>>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:59:34 -0400
> From: =?windows-1251?Q?Martha_Kuchar?= <kuchar at ROANOKE.EDU>
> Subject: =?windows-1251?Q?=EC=F3=E7=FB=F6=E8=F0=EE=E2=E0=ED=E8=E5?=
>
> Can anyone suggest how to translate the word "=EC=F3=E7=E8=F6=E8=F0=EE=E2=
> =E0=ED=E8=E5" (sic [I=20
> think]) as is "=EA=E0=EC=E5=F0=ED=EE=E5 =EC=F3=E7=E8=F6=E8=F0=EE=E2=E0=ED=
> =E8=E5"? This is from a pianist's bio.=20
>
> Thanks!=20
> Martha
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:29:07 -0400
> From: Inna Caron <caron.4 at OSU.EDU>
> Subject: Re:
> =?utf-8?Q?=C3=AC=C3=B3=C3=A7=C3=BB=C3=B6=C3=A8=C3=B0=C3=AE=C3=A2=C3=A0=C3=AD=C3=A8=C3=A5?=
>
> "Giving private concerts," "playing for a small circle."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list =
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Martha Kuchar
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:00 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] =
> =D0=BC=D1=83=D0=B7=D1=8B=D1=86=D0=B8=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=
> =B5
>
> Can anyone suggest how to translate the word =
> "=D0=BC=D1=83=D0=B7=D0=B8=D1=86=D0=B8=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B8=
> =D0=B5" (sic [I=20
> think]) as is "=D0=BA=D0=B0=D0=BC=D0=B5=D1=80=D0=BD=D0=BE=D0=B5 =
> =D0=BC=D1=83=D0=B7=D0=B8=D1=86=D0=B8=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=
> =B5"? This is from a pianist's bio.=20
>
> Thanks!=20
> Martha
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:34:46 -0400
> From: "Pendergast, J. MAJ DFL" <John.Pendergast at USMA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: =?koi8-r?Q?=CD=D5=DA=D9=C3=C9=D2=CF=D7=C1=CE=C9=C5?=
>
> "Music-making" and "concertizing" are also possibilities, depending on =
> the overall context. Incidentally, the spelling =
> =CD=D5=DA=C9=C3=C9=D2=CF=D7=C1=CE=C9=C5 (with soft =C9 rather than hard =
> =D9) IS correct; not sure why.
>
> -John=20
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list =
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Martha Kuchar
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:00 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] =CD=D5=DA=D9=C3=C9=D2=CF=D7=C1=CE=C9=C5
>
> Can anyone suggest how to translate the word =
> "=CD=D5=DA=C9=C3=C9=D2=CF=D7=3D =C1=CE=C9=C5" (sic [I
> think]) as is "=CB=C1=CD=C5=D2=CE=CF=C5 =
> =CD=D5=DA=C9=C3=C9=D2=CF=D7=C1=CE=3D
> =C9=C5"? This is from a pianist's bio.=20
>
> Thanks!=20
> Martha
>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:33:54 EDT
> From: N20JACK at AOL.COM
> Subject: Looking for Akishina Book
>
> Seelangers:
>
> Does anyone know where the book V Rossiyu s lyubov'yu can be purchased? I
> was given the book by the author in 2000 in Moscow but have been
> unable to find
> it in the US.
>
> Thanks,
>
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