The Captain's Daughter by Pushkin
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Show Notes: This week, Matt and Cameron take up positions as Sergeants of the Guard in Aleksandr Puskin’s historical novella, The Captain’s Daughter. We’ll be talking about the real history of the Pugachev Uprising, the place of violence in Pushkin’s era, and - naturally - about imagined communities. So grab your grapeshot, find your local pretender to the throne, and tune in! Major themes: Is it really fatalist?, My boy Pugachev, Benedict Anderson will never leave us alone 03:45 - It’s “Farmer’s Daughter” by Rodney Atkins, if anyone’s wondering. 34:07 - “Alexandr Pushkin’s The Captain’s Daughter: A Poetics of Violence” by Alexander Groce 38:01 - Plotting History: The Russian Historical Novel in the Imperial Age by Dan Ungurianu 38: 47 - “Between Nation and Empire: Aleksandr Pushkin’s The Captain’s Daughter” by Irina Anisimova 46:38 - Close, but no cigar. It’s The History of Pugachev 53: 45 - “Grinev the Trickster: Reading the Paradoxes of Pushkin’s The Captain’s Daughter” by Polina Rikoun Buy this book with our affiliate links on Bookshop or Amazon! Our links: All links | PATREON | Merch | Watch on YouTube | Discord Socials: TikTok | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook The music used in this episode was “soviet march,” by Toasted Tomatoes. You can find more of their work on Bandcamp and Youtube.
