Pushkin and Karamzin as historians

[Vadim Besprozvany]

Dear Robert and all,

Thank you for your recommendation, surely I will include it in my  
reading list.

There are many arguments supporting the role of Karamzin (whose role,  
I assume, do not need any additional support). The highly significant  
place of Pushkin's historical studies do not change (and do not  
require to modify) the fact that Karamzin was a first professional  
historicist in Russian culture - not just a great writer. Our look  
that will come a posteriori cannot alter this fact.

Best,

VB


> Dear Vadim and all,
>
> I would, of course, have given more context if I had been asking for
> thoughts about the content of my sentence.  Pushkin¹s achievement as a
> historian is greater than most people realize.  He also contradicted
> Karamzin more than most people realize.  For a serious discussion of all
> this I highly recommend the articles by Chester Dunning and Caryl Emerson in
> THE UNCENSORED BORIS GODUNOV, ed. Chester  Dunning, published by the Univ of
> Wisconsin Press.  I found this book a revelation.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Robert
>
>
>> Human wisdom is limited, stupidity isn't. The sentence is infested
>> with a horrible grammar, there's no need to make any small corrections
>> there - better to write something new, more informative. A propos,
>> "Pushkin was" not a "Russia¹s first great historian" He was just a
>> good pupil of Karamzin. VB
>>
>> Quoting Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I¹m curious to know how people react to the following sentence:
>>> ³Pushkin was both Russia¹s greatest poet and its first great historian.²
>>>
>>> It is by me, as changed, against my wishes, by one of my editors.  To my
>>> ear, it grates horribly.  I would prefer Œher first great historian¹.
>>> Apparently ³house style¹ favours ³gender-neutral pronouns².
>>>
>>> Am I being silly, sentimental, old-fashioned, sexist...?  Does anyone else
>>> feel strongly, either way, about this?
>>>
>>> Best Wishes,
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
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