Pushkin - Mirsky - 'incisive kisses'

[Jonathan Brooks Platt]

Чей страстный поцелуй живей
Твоих язвительных лобзаний?

(from Bakh. Fontan)

The adjective was switched to "пронзительных" for the original 
publication, then switched back at some point; not sure which one 
Mirsky's using--Tynianov quotes it as "пронзительных" in "Пушкин" I 
believe.

Here's a link to Pushkin's letter to Vyazemsky about changing the line :

http://feb-web.ru/feb/pushkin/texts/push17/vol13/y132080-.htm

Does anyone know the 7-letter word omitted in this letter, and perhaps 
the story behind it?

-JP


Jonathan Brooks Platt wrote:
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>
> (from Bakh. Fontan)
>
> The adjective was switched to "?????????????" for the original 
> publication, then switched back at some point; not sure which one 
> Mirsky's using--Tynianov quotes it as "?????????????" in "??????" I 
> believe.
>
> Here's a link to Pushkin's letter to Vyazemsky about changing the line:
>
> http://feb-web.ru/feb/pushkin/texts/push17/vol13/y132080-.htm
>
> Does anyone know the 7-letter word omitted in this letter, and perhaps 
> the story behind it?
>
> -JP
>
> Robert Chandler wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> In his fine book on Pushkin, Mirsky quotes these 2 lines. Can anyone 
>> give
>> them to me in Russian?
>>
>> OEWhose passionate embrace is more alive
>> Than thy incisive kisses?^(1)
>>
>> They are from either OEKaf. Plennik^(1) or OEBak. Fontan^(1).
>>
>> And if anyone happens to know where Mirsky^(1)s little story is from, 
>> that will
>> be beter still.
>> OEWhen a reader objected that OEincisive^(1) was an inappropriate 
>> epithet for
>> OEkisses^(1), Pushkin replied that he wanted people to understand 
>> that OEmy
>> Georgian bites when she kisses^(1).
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>>
>> Robert
>>
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