Petrovich Avvakum (1620–1682)

Auteur de The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum

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Comprend les noms: Avvakum, Avvakoem, Аввакум, Avvakum Petrovic, Avvakum Petrovič, Avvakum Petrovič, Petrovics Avvakum, Petrovitsj Avvakum, Protopope Avvakum Petrovich, Аввакум Петров, , протопоп Аввакум

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The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum (1924) 61 exemplaires

Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma ; Zhitie inoka Epifaniia ; Zhitie boiaryni Morozovoi (Drevnerusskie skazaniia o… (1994) 1 exemplaire

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Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Contributeur — 96 exemplaires

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Nom canonique: Avvakum, Petrovich
Autres noms: Avvakum, Petrov
Date de naissance: 1620
Date de décès: 1682
Sexe: male
Nationalité: Russian Empire
Lieux de résidence: Moscow
Tobolsk, Siberia

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The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum by Himself par Hope Mirrlees

Avvakum was the last of HM's works to be published by Hogarth, and the first of the two Russian translations she did in partnership with Jane Harrison. The book is the autobiography of a seventeenth century Russian priest. To me at least, Avvakum's incessant bleating about his own piety and the tribulations he suffers at the hands of the unworthy are simply tiresome, and the best part of the book is Prince Mirsky's introduction. This is not to slight Mirrlees and Harrison's translation, which I'm sure is deft and accurate; both were accomplished linguists. It's the work itself I don't like.… (plus d'informations)

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John_Thorne | Sep 12, 2017 |

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