N. A. Nekrasov, Moroz, krasnyi nos [Red-Nosed Frost]

Michael Ransome

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.1.00: Slavic and Russian Writing and Culture: Old, Medieval and Tsarist, 700-1917.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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First circulation or publication 1864

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Ukraine (Country of Origin)

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Poetry (any)

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Red-Nosed Frost

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Moroz, krasnyi nos

) is undoubtedly the most accomplished work of its author, Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov. While showing his technical skill as a poet at its unforced best, it can also be argued to offer the essence of his philosophical views.

Completed in 1864, Red-Nosed Frost tells a sad story from the life of the Russian peasantry that is typical of Nekrasov's oeuvre. On this occasion the poet chooses the tragic fate of a young widow, Dar'ia, who perishes during the Russian winter. As in the earlier narrative poem The Pedlars (Korobeiniki, 1861), the story is simple, but the literary prowess is, if anything, even greater than before. Nekrasov again secures a seamless amalgam of literary and folk language, but adds to this a more developed mastery in evocation of

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Citation: Ransome, Michael. "Moroz, krasnyi nos". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 March 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15155, accessed 22 November 2024.]

N. A. Nekrasov, Moroz, krasnyi nos [Red-Nosed Frost]

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