A S Pushkin

Shade of Barkov. Texts. Comments. digressions A S Pushkin

In the first scientific publication of obscene parody ballad written in the Lyceum (1814-1815) and has come down mainly to faulty and anonymous list, set the original text of "Shadows Barkov" and prove that it belongs to Pushkin. Edition featuring textual, linguistic, stihovedcheskim, historical, literary and biographical commentary. A special section up studies on the history, language and poetics of Russian obscene burlesque of Barkov to Pushkin; We study the connection of this tradition with the oral folk art and frivolous French literature XVII-XVIII centuries.