La Comtesse de S égur in Russia

Francoise Rosset frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU
Mon Feb 19 01:57:49 UTC 2007


On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:47:33 -0500
  Adrian Wanner <ajw3 at PSU.EDU> wrote:
> Dear SEELANGERS,
> A (non-Slavists) friend of mine would like to know  how to get 
>information on "la place de la comtesse de Ségur en Russie, 
>aujourd'hui, ou autrefois ... et l'existence de traduction de la 
>comtesse en russe."  A quick Yandex search netted several 
>translations, all of them pre-1917.  Does anyone know anything more 
>about this topic?

She's apparently referenced in Nabokov's work; he did not
necessarily read her in Russian, however, this does address
the issue of her reception in Russian culture

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/dbjgo4.htm
http://www.fulmerford.com/waxwing/antiterra.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/nabokov_studies/v009/9.1knapp.html

Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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