Vladimir Odoyevsky
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Vladimir Odoyevsky | |
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Levitsky, 1856 | |
Born | Moscow | 13 August 1803
Died | 11 March 1869 Moscow | (aged 65)
Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (
Biography
The last member of the princely
Considered by his contemporaries as a typical Muscovite, he was educated at the Nobility School of the
Since 1824, Odoyevsky was active as a literary critic and journalist. In 1824 he and
In the mid-1830s, he co-edited the
Short stories
Aspiring to imitate
Following the success of Pushkin's The Queen of Spades, Odoyevsky wrote a number of similar stories on the dissipated life of the Russian aristocracy (e.g., Princess Mimi and Princess Zizi). On account of his many short stories from the 1820s and 1830s, Odoyevsky should be listed among the pioneers of the impressionistic short story in Europe.
His most mature book was the collection of essays and novellas entitled Russian Nights (1844). Loosely patterned after the Noctes Atticae, the book took two decades to complete. It contains some of Odoyevsky's best known fiction, including the dystopian novellas The Last Suicide and The Town with No Name. The stories are interlaced with philosophic conversations redolent of the French Encyclopedists.
Musical criticism
As a music critic, Odoyevsky set out to propagate the national style of
Technology
Odoyevsky took part in development of electroplating technology, invented by Moritz von Jacobi in Russia. In 1844 Odoyevsky wrote a book, Galvanism applied in technology (Гальванизм в техническом применении). He made a number of experiments and developed cobalt electroplating.[10]
Works
- The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters (1835)
- The Living Corpse(1844)
English translations
- Princess Mimi, The Sylph, and The Live Corpse, (stories), from Russian Romantic Prose: An Anthology, Translation Press, 1979.
- The Salamander and Other Stories, (stories), Gerald Duckworth, 1992.
- Two Princesses, (novel), Hesperus Press, 2010.
- Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial Globe and Other Stories, (stories), Ama Classics, 2012.
References
- ^ a b Владимир Федорович Одоевский. Библиографический указатель. Энциклопедия Хоронос//http://hrono.ru/biograf/bio_o/odoevski_vf.php
- ^ "Родословная роспись князей Одоевских". genealogia.ru. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "ОДОЕВСКИЙ :: Персональный список". baza.vgdru.com. Retrieved Aug 28, 2020.
- ^ Владимир Одоевский. Сказки дедушки Иринея. Пёстрые сказки. Эл. книга. Aegitas, 24 июл. 2016 г.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Лукьянова Ирина. Блаженны чистые сердцем./Журнал “Русский мир.ru” / 2014 / Август//https://russkiymir.ru/media/magazines/article/146967/
- ISBN 978-1-4742-4141-0.
- ^ Ritzarev (2006): p. 341
- ^ Ritzarev (2006): p. 197
- ^ V. Martynov: "Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St Peter and St Paul" CD note, Opus 111 OPS 30-161.
- ^ "History of electroplating in the 19th century Russia". Archived from the original on Mar 5, 2012. Retrieved Aug 28, 2020.
- Sources
- Ritzarev, Marina (2006). Eighteenth-Century Russian Music. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0754634663.
External links
- Russian website on Odoyevsky
- Odoyevsky on the Russian National Library Website
- Works of Odoyevsky
- Mosnews.com - Blogging Predicted by a 19th-century Russian Prince at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 2005)
Тухманова, З. (2005). «Энгармоническое фортепиано князя В. Ф. Одоевского». Старинная музыка (Литературное агентство ПРЕСТ) 29-30: 23–6.