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Mikhail Nikitich Muravyov

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Mikhail Nikitich Muravyov or Murav'ev (Russian: Михаил Никитич Муравьёв; 5 November 1757 [O.S. 25 October] – 10 August 1807 [O.S. 29 July]) was a Russian poet and prose writer, "one of the best educated and most versatile writers of his generation in Russia".[1] He was influenced by Mikhail Kheraskov and Nikolay Novikov, who invited his contributions to the Masonic publication Utrenni svet.[2]

Works

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  • Стихотворения [Poems], Leningrad, 1967
  • Institutiones rhetoricae: a treatise of a Russian sentimentalist, ed. by Andrew Kahn. Oxford: W.A. Meeuws, 1995.

References

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  1. ^ C. L. Drage, 'M. N. Murav'ev and the Moscow Manuscrupt of Institutiones rhetoricae ', The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 78, No. 2 (April 2000), pp.201-239
  2. ^ Hart, Pierre H. (1985). "Muravyov, Mikhail Nititich". In Victor Terras (ed.). Handbook of Russian Literature. Yale University Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-300-04868-1.