"I Lived on the Battlefield of Poltova"

Alexei Parshchikov was a Russian poet, critic, and translator. Donald Wesling, a writer of and on poetry, is Professor Emeritus of English Literature at UC San Diego. He has published on Wordsworth, John Muir, Edward Dorn, and Mikhail Bakhtin; on rhyme, meter, and avant-garde prosody; and on how voice and emotion get into writing. His most recent scholarly book is Animal Perception and Literary Language (2019).

From the Translator





INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE, WHICH TELLS ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF WEAPONS

1.1. The Origin of Weapons

1.2. The First Cannon

1.3. The Lamb Tells about the Feud of Two Brothers, Who Attempted to Catch Him for Sacrifice, and about How a Knife was Born

1.4. The First Business Retreat, Written in My Garden, Located on the Field of the Battle of Poltava






CHAPTER TWO: THE BATTLE      

2.1.

2.2. Point of View of the Observer

2.3. Charles XII

2.4. Ivan Mazepa and Marfa Kochubey

2.5. No Saxophone Slung over the Shoulder

2.6. Mosquito

2.7. Copper Framework: Second Business Retreat






CHAPTER THREE: THE TSAR REWARDS



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