Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1799 - 1837)
Khodyreva, N. V., compiler.
Taranik, S.V., artist.
Minutnoi rezvosti neskromnye stikhi... Krasnodar, 'Sovetskaia Kuban´', 1998. 160 p. €35,00
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32 mo (104mm x 68 mm), publisher´s in blue, white and yellow covers designed by S. V. Taranik. Text printed in brown and black. VERY GOOD. A rare provincial publication.

Collection of erotic and satirical poems and epigrams with erotic undertones. A number of poems and epigrams in this collection are very seldom reissued in provincial editions of Pushkin´s collected works, due to a self censorship and/or prudishness of provincial editors and publishers. In many cases provincial editors re-edit and 'improve' classical texts, omitting potentially offensive content, obscene words and entire passages.

A valuable edition for studies in history of Russian provincial publications of classical authors in post-perestroika days. Most of such provincial publications are still difficult to obtain in Moscow, St.Petersburg and/or outside Russia proper.