title: Image of the Russian Tsar Peter in the works by Strindberg and other Scandinavian fin de siècle writers
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metadata.value: Lisovskaya, Polina
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metadata.value: 2024-09-23T15:00:43Z
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metadata.value: 2024-09-23T15:00:43Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.value: Lisovskaya P. Image of the Russian Tsar Peter in the works by Strindberg and other Scandinavian fin de siècle writers. Scandinavian Philology, 2024, vol. 22, issue 1, pp. 123–135. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu21.2024.108 (In Swedish)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu21.2024.108
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/47575
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metadata.value: The article deals with the image and the characterization of Russia’s tsar Peter the
  Great in a number of texts by some prominent Scandinavian writers from the turn of
  the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The main focus is though on a short
  story “The Great” (English transl. “The Great Czar”) from the collection “Historical
  Miniatures” (1905) by August Strindberg. Surprisingly enough this text proofs to be an
  example of a highly apologetic narration of the famous Russian ruler and his doings.
  In the analysis suggested the reception of Peter is set against the background of Strindberg’s
  complicated relation to Peter’s foe Carl XII of Sweden, as well as to the Swedish
  writer’s self-perception within the contemporary literary circles. Moreover, “The
  Great” proves to be a manifestation of a providential view of history proclaimed by the
  author. In contrast to Strindberg his fellow nationals Selma Lagerlöf and Verner von
  Heidenstam suggest a much less complimentary interpretation of both tsar Peter and
  the time of his rule. On the other hand, the Danish Georg Brandes and Norway’s Knut
  Hamsun express quite acclamatory, though in the case of Hamsun vaguely based, views
  of Peter I. This lets us to conclude that the depiction of the monarch by the authors
  mentioned tells us more about themselves than about the tsar in question.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 22; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Peter the Great
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historical fiction
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: August Strindberg
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Historical Miniatures
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Karl XII
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Selma Lagerlöf
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Verner von Heidenstam
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: The Charles Men
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Georg Brandes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Knut Hamsun
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dmitry Merezhkovsky
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aleksandr Pushkin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ilya Repin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ivan IV the Terrible
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Image of the Russian Tsar Peter in the works by Strindberg and other Scandinavian fin de siècle writers
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metadata.value: Article
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