K.F. Ryleev : a political biography of the Decembrist poet / by Patrick O'Meara
1984, First Edition. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447439
ISBN: 0691066027
Physical description; 366 pages. Notes; Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 1979. Contents; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Decembrist Challenge -- 2. Ryleev: The Formative Years -- 3. Political Perspectives of the Decembrist -- 4. In the Northern Society -- 5. Poet of the Decembrists' Cause -- 6. Propagandist of the Northern Society -- 7. The Uprising of 14 December 1825 -- 8. Before the Investigating Commission -- 9. Verdict and Sentence -- 10. The Political and Literary Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index. Subject; Ryleev, Kondrati Fedorovich 1795-1826 Political and social views.
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