Terror and Greatness: Ivan and Peter as Russian Myths by Platt, Kevin M. F - 2011-05-15

Cornell University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cornell University Press, 2011-05-15. hardcover. Used: Good.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011. In this ambitious book, Kevin M. F. Platt focuses on a cruel paradox central to Russian history: that the price of progress has so often been the traumatic suffering of society at the hands of the state. The reigns of Ivan IV (the Terrible) and Peter the Great are the most vivid exemplars of this phenomenon in the pre-Soviet period. Both rulers have been alternately lionized for great achievements and despised for the extraordinary violence of their reigns. In many accounts, the balance of praise and condemnation remains unresolved; often the violence is simply repressed. Platt explores historical and cultural representations of the two rulers from the early nineteenth century to the present, as they shaped and served the changing dictates of Russian political life. Throughout, he shows how past representations exerted pressure on subsequent attempts to evaluate these liminal figures. In ever-changing and often counterposed treatments of the two, Russians have… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. Exploring historical and cultural representations of the two Russian rulers as they shaped and reflected political shifts.

Cornell Univ Pr, 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 330 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches.

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