Michael Wachtel
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Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures |
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225 East Pyne Hall |
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609-258-0114 |
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wachtel@princeton.edu |
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PhD in Comparative Literature (Harvard University, 1990); MA in Comparative Literature (Harvard University, 1986); BA in Comparative Literature (Yale University, 1982) |
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My main research interests are in Russian poetry (from the eighteenth century to the present), poetics, and Russo-German literary relations. Broadly speaking, I study the ways that Russian poets borrow and creatively adapt the work of their predecessors and contemporaries (both Russian and Western European). My undergraduate courses are usually on Russian poetry (for students who know Russian) and sometimes on Russian prose (with readings in English). My graduate courses — which are also open to advanced undergraduates — include Pushkin, Russian Symbolism, and a seminar on the evolution of Russian poetic form. I am also affiliated with the Department of Comparative Literature.
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current project: 1) V. Ivanov Dionysos und die vordionysischen Kulte (the first edition of Ivanov’s own German version of „Dionis i pradionisiistvo,“ which he worked on from 1937 to the end of his life). Edited jointly with Christian Wildberg (Classics Department, Princeton).
2) V. Ivanov’s correspondence with Lidiia Zinov'eva-Annibal (first publication of the letters of Ivanov with his second wife). Edited jointly with N.A. Bogomolov (Moscow) and D.O. Solodkaia (graduate student, Princeton Slavic Dept.)
3) A commentary to Pushkin's lyric poetry.
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courses: Undergraduate courses taught:
Survey of Russian literature in translation
Topics in Russian Literature:
- Russian Twentieth-Century Poetry
- Russian Nineteenth-Century Poetry
- Russian and Emigre Poetry
Survey of Russian Poetry
Pushkin and his Time
Freshman seminar - The Language of Totalitarianism
Writing seminar - Totalitarian Literature and Culture
Graduate courses taught:
Evolution of Russian Poetic Form
Russian Literature of the Eighteenth Century
Pushkin
Russian Symbolism
The "Poema"
19th century poetry
Golden Age/Silver Age
Contemporary Russian poetry
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Word, Music, History: A Festschrift for Caryl Emerson.
Eds. Lazar Fleishman, Gabriella Safran, and Michael Wachtel. Stanford Slavic Studies, 2005. Part One.
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Word, Music, History: A Festschrift for Caryl Emerson
Eds. Lazar Fleishman, Gabriella Safran, and Michael Wachtel. Stanford Slavic Studies, 2005. Part Two.
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Selected Essays: Vyacheslav Ivanov
Ed. Michael Wachtel. Northwestern University Press, 2001.
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Vjačeslav Ivanov: Dichtung und Briefwechsel aus dem deutschsprachigen Nachlaß
Ed. Michael Wachtel. Liber Verlag, Mainz, Germany, 1995.
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