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BOOKS, ARTICLES, CONFERENCES, LECTURES<\/i><\/h2>\n

LITERATURE<\/h2>\n

BOOKS<\/h3>\n
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  1. ANNA AKHMATOVA: POET AND PROPHET<\/u>. NY: St. Martin\u2019s Press, 1994. Paperback 1995. Revised and expanded edition. Los Angeles, CA: Figueroa Press (U. of Southern California), 2007. Biography of Akhmatova: her life and works. Chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times<\/i>, 1994. Read more…<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. COMPLETE POETIC WORKS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA<\/u>. Edited and Introduction by Roberta Reeder. Trans. Judith Hemschemeyer with Roberta Reeder. Boston, MA: Zephyr Press. 1st ed. 1990, 2nd ed. 1993, 3rd ed. 1997. First edition: Russian and English. Later editions only English. Chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times<\/i>, 1992. Read more…<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. THE SUPERNATURAL IN EASTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE<\/u>, ed. Roberta Reeder and Amy Mandelker. Columbus, Ohio: Slavica, 1988. Festschrift for Victor Terras.<\/li>\n
  4. PUSHKIN\u2019S PROSE<\/u> by A. Lezhnev, trans. and ed. Roberta Reeder. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ardis Press, 1985.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ARTICLES<\/h3>\n
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    1. \u201cRussian Folklore and the Bible,\u201d THE BIBLE IN FOLLORE WORLDWIDE<\/u>, ed. Eric Ziolkowski, 2 vols. (Berlin: De Gruyter, forthcoming)<\/li>\n
    2. \u201cRussian Folklore and the Bible,\u201d ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION<\/u>, vol. 9, Berlin: Walter de Bruyter 2014<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cAnna Akhmatova and the Bible,\u201d ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION<\/u>, vol. 1, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009<\/li>\n
    4. \u201cAkhmatova\u2019s Poems: The Stalin Period,\u201d NEW ENGLAND REVIEW<\/u>, 1996
      \nAnalysis of poems against Stalin unpublished during Akhmatova\u2019s lifetime.<\/li>\n
    5. \u201cFrom Another World: Four Translations of Akhmatova\u2019s Requiem<\/i>,\u201d O RUS!<\/u> Studia Literaria Slavica. In Honorem Hugh McLean, ed. S. Karlinsky, et al. Oakland, CA, 1995.<\/li>\n
    6. \u201cTsarskoe Selo in the Poetry of Anna Akhmatova. The Eternal Return,\u201d THE SPEECH OF UNKNOWN EYES<\/u>, ed. Wendy Rosslyn. Nottingham: Astra Press, 1990.
      \nTsarskoe Selo as a symbol of the impact of history on Akhmatova\u2019s life<\/li>\n
    7. \u201cThe World of Art,\u201d HANDBOOK OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE<\/u>, ed. Victor Terras. New Haven, CN: Yale University Press, 1985.
      \nAnalysis of the often neglected literary aspect of the famous World of Art<\/i> journal edited by Serge Diaghilev.<\/li>\n
    8. \u201cLiterature as Epistemology,\u201d SEMIOTICA<\/u>, 1983.
      \nHistorical analysis of Yuri Lotman\u2019s theories as the culmination of Russian literary critical strategies from Russian Symbolism, Formalism, and Structuralism to Semiotics.<\/li>\n
    9. \u201cQueen of Spades<\/i>: A Morphological Analysis\u201d in NEW PERSPECTIVES ON NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIAN PROSE, <\/u>Columbus, Ohio: Slavica, 1982.
      \nEmploying V. Propp\u2019s morphological analysis of the folk tale, this interpretation also uses Jungian theory for analysis of Pushkin\u2019s Queen of Spades<\/i> as a parody of the E.T.A. Hoffmann Kunstm\u00e4rchen<\/i> (art fairy tale).<\/li>\n
    10. \u201cTin Ujevi\u0107: Odakle ide ve\u010de,\u201d SOUTHERN EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 1982<\/u>.
      \n<\/u>Analysis of existentialist themes in poems by the Croatian Surrealist poet Tin Ujevi\u0107.<\/li>\n
    11. \u201cThe Greek Anthology<\/i> and its Influence on Pushkin\u2019s Poetic Style,\u201d CANADIAN\/AMERICAN SLAVIC STUDIE<\/u>S, 1979.
      \nInfluence of the Greek Anthology<\/i> poems on the dramatic change in Pushkin\u2019s poetic style.<\/li>\n
    12. \u201cThe Black Cat\u2013A Reinterpretation,\u201d POE NEWSLETTER<\/u>, 1973.
      \nJungian psychological analysis of Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s story \u201cThe Black Cat\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      PAPERS<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. \u201cAkhmatova: Poet and Prophet,\u201d BISTROT ART AND POETRY SERIES<\/u>. Venice, Italy, 2004.<\/li>\n
      2. \u201cThree Russians on the Isle of the Dead: Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Brodsky,\u201d ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO-RUSSIA<\/u>, Venice, Italy, 2004.<\/li>\n
      3. \u201cMetonymic Images in Akhmatova\u2019s Lyrics,\u201d AKHMATOVA CONFERENCE<\/u>, Macerata University. Macerata, Italy. May, 2000.<\/li>\n
      4. \u201cChurch Bells: Symbol and Metaphor in Akhmatova\u2019s Poetry,\u201d AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SLAVIC STUDIES<\/u>, Seattle, 1997.<\/li>\n
      5. \u201cAkhmatova and the Stalinist Terror,\u201d POLITICS AND POETRY CONFERENCE<\/u>, Women\u2019s Studies Program: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1997<\/li>\n
      6. \u201cCreating the Visual Myth of Soviet Women,\u201d Chairman of Panel AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SLAVIC STUDIES<\/u>, BOSTON, 1996.<\/li>\n
      7. \u201cAkhmatova\u2019s Poem without a Hero<\/i>: A Semiotic Study of Literary and Theater Codes\u201d AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SLAVIC STUDIES<\/u>, Boston, 1996.<\/li>\n
      8. \u201cThe Missing Hero: Mikhail Bulgakov\u2019s Last Days<\/i> and Jaroslaw Iwaskiewicz\u2019s Summer in Nohant<\/i>\u201d GERMAN-PUSHKIN SOCIETY CONFERENCE<\/u>. Hamburg, Germany, 1995<\/li>\n
      9. \u201cPushkin Reflected in the Mirrors of Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva,\u201d GERMAN-PUSHKIN SOCIETY CONFERENCE<\/u>, G\u00f5ttingen, Germany, 1993.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        THEATER<\/h2>\n

        ARTICLES<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. \u201cAlexander Ostrovsky\u2019s Diary of a Scoundrel<\/i>, trans. Roberta Reeder, 1987.
          \nPerformed at the Huntington Theater, Boston, 1987.<\/li>\n
        2. \u201cPetrushka: A Russian Rogue,\u201d THE PUPPETRY JOURNAL<\/u>, 1981
          \nHistory of the Petrushka puppet shows in Russia and in the early period of the Soviet Union<\/li>\n
        3. \u201cRed Riding Hood and The Topeng Tradition,\u201d THE DRAMA REVIEW<\/u>, 1980.
          \nSemiotic analysis of an adaptation by John Emigh of performance codes from the Indonesian Topeng performance tradition. Satire on the Three Mile Island nuclear plant disaster in the United States.<\/li>\n
        4. Vladimir Frolov, \u201cTragicomedy\u201d and Anna Tamarchenko, \u201cOvercoming the Canons,\u201d trans. Roberta Reeder.
          \nSoviet criticism of contemporary Russian theater for \u201cNEH Seminar: Eastern European Contemporary Theater,\u201d City University of New York, 1980.<\/li>\n
        5. \u201cSemiotics of Art,\u201d SEMIOTIC SCENE<\/u>, 1979
          \nAnalysis of articles by Czech Structuralists on theater performance, art and film.<\/li>\n
        6. \u201cSatirical Devices in Marin Dr\u017ei\u0107\u2019s The Miser<\/i>,\u201d SLAVIC EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL<\/u>, 1977
          \nSatirical devices in a Croatian Renaissance interpretation of Plautus\u2019 Pot of Gold<\/i>.<\/li>\n
        7. Ranko Marinkovi\u0107, Gloria<\/i>, in FIVE MODERN YUGOSLAV PLAYS<\/u>, trans. Roberta Reeder and David Mladinov. New York: Ungar, 1976.
          \nSatire against corruption in the clergy.<\/li>\n
        8. GORKY ISSUE of YALE THEATER<\/u>, 1976
          \nTranslation of articles and memoirs for a special issue of the journal YALE THEATER<\/i> devoted to Maxim Gorky.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          FILM<\/h2>\n

          BOOK<\/h3>\n
            \n
          1. NON-INDIFFERENT NATURE<\/u> by Sergei Eisenstein, trans. by Roberta Reeder, ed. Herbert Marshall. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            ARTICLES<\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. \u201cShadows of Forgotten Ancestors<\/i>: a Study in the Supernatural,\u201d THE SUPERNATURAL IN EASTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE<\/u>. Columbus, Ohio: Slavica, 1988.
              \nAnalysis of film devices used by Sergey Paradzhanov to convey the supernatural in this story by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky about peasants in the Carpathian mountains.<\/li>\n
            2. \u201cEisenstein\u2019s Strike<\/i>: Puppets, Propaganda, and Posters,\u201d RUSSIAN LITERATURE TRIQUARTERLY<\/u>, 1988.
              \nInfluence of agit-prop posters and propaganda puppet shows on Eisenstein\u2019s film Strike<\/i>.<\/li>\n
            3. V.V. Ivanov, \u201cFunctions and Categories of Film Languages,\u201d trans. Roberta Reeder. FILM CRITICISM<\/u>, 1984<\/li>\n
            4. \u201cArchetypal Criticism and Red River<\/i>,\u201d CINETRACT<\/u>, 1980.
              \nApplication of Northrop Frye and Carl Jung\u2019s archetype theories to the American Western.<\/li>\n
            5. Sergei Eisenstein, \u201cOn a Materialist Approach to Form,\u201d trans. Roberta Reeder, THE AVANT-GARDE FILM<\/u>, ed. P. Adams Sitney. NY: New York University Press, 1978.<\/li>\n
            6. Sergei Eisenstein, \u201cPiranesi and the Fluidity of Form\u201d trans. Roberta Reeder, OPPOSITIONS<\/u>. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1978.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              PAPERS<\/h3>\n
                \n
              1. \u201cEisenstein\u2019s Battleship <\/i>Potemkin<\/i> and Gorky\u2019s Mother<\/i>. Revolution and Art\u201d YALE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF MAXIM GORKY<\/u>. Yale University, 1986.
                \nAnalysis of the similarity and contrast of film and literary techniques employed in the presentation of the 1905 Russian Revolution.<\/li>\n
              2. \u201cEisenstein\u2019s Strike<\/i> and Agit-Prop Art,\u201d AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SLAVIC STUDIES, 1980.
                \nVisual vocabulary of characters, costumes, and gestures derived by Eisenstein from Mayakovsky ROSTA posters.<\/li>\n
              3. \u201cThe Aesthetics of Socialist Realism and Russian Film,\u201d HARVARD UNIVERSITY FILM AND VISUAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT, 1980.
                \nThe development of the theory of the didactic function of art from Plato and Horace to Socialist Realism.<\/li>\n
              4. \u201cThe Role of Painting in Eisenstein\u2019s Theory and Cinema,\u201d NEW ENGLAND SLAVIC ASSOCIATION, 1979.
                \nInfluence of Russian icons, Da Vince, El Greco, and Piranesi on Eisenstein\u2019s film theory.<\/li>\n
              5. \u201dAesthetics of Dziga Vertov\u2019s Films,\u201d RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, 1978.
                \nTechniques specific to film media employed by Vertov in Man with a Movie Camera<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                ART<\/h2>\n

                ARTICLES<\/h3>\n
                  \n
                1. \u201cThose Who Live in Glass Houses: Socialist Realist Painting,\u201d BOSTON REVIEW<\/u>, 1998.
                  \nThe philosophy of Socialist Realist painting and its relation to aesthetics from Plato, Horace and Christian aesthetics to Socialist Realism: art as didactic tool.<\/li>\n
                2. \u201cGesamtkunst<\/i> and Technology in the USSR\u201d in GESAMTKUNSTWERK ZWISCHEN SYNAESTHESE UND MYTHOS<\/u>. Bielefeld, Germany: Aisthesia Verlag, 1994.
                  \nAnalysis of theories of synesthesia in Russia and the Soviet Union from Kandinsky and Scriabin to Thermin and Bulat Galeev.<\/li>\n
                3. \u201cMusic of Light in the Soviet Union,\u201d EIGENWELT DER APPARATEWELT (Pioneers of Electronic Art). Linz, Austria: Arts Electronica, 1992. Written with Claas Cordes.
                  \nThe role of sequences of projected colored designs based on the parameters of color, saturation, and length of duration similar to parameters of tone, volume, and tempo in music.<\/li>\n
                4. \u201cMoving Sculpture: the Art of the Russian Puppet,\u201d JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND PROPAGANDA<\/u>, 1989.
                  \nHistory of the Russian puppet as an art form.<\/li>\n
                5. \u201cThe Relationship of Codes in Mayakovsky\u2019s ROSTA Posters,\u201d SOVIET\/SOVIETIQUE<\/u>, 1979.
                  \nSemiotic analysis of visual and verbal propaganda in Mayakvosky\u2019s ROSTA posters.<\/li>\n
                6. \u201cMikhail Vrubel: A Russian Interpretation of Fin-de-Si\u00e8cle Art,\u201d SLAVONIC & EAST EUROPEAN REVIEW<\/u>, 1976.
                  \nFirst article in English on Mikhail Vrubel, Symbolist artist responsible for the transition from Russian Realism to the Russian avant-garde.<\/li>\n
                7. \u201cSemiotics of Art,\u201d SEMIOTIC SCENE<\/u>, 1979.
                  \nAnalysis of Czech Structuralist theory of art, film and theater in L. Matejka and R. Tutinik\u2019s SEMIOTICS OF ART<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  PAPERS<\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  1. \u201cModigliani: Sculptures and Drawings of Anna Akhmatova,\u201d MODIGLIANI: SCULPTOR<\/u>. MART, Rovereto, Italy.
                    \nAkhmatova as model for Modigliani\u2019s busts and drawings in the period of the creation of Modigliani\u2019s personal style.<\/li>\n
                  2. \u201cMusic of Light in Russia and the USSR,\u201d THEATER AND THE VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL,<\/u>, JUSTIS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY, Giessen, Germany, 1991.<\/li>\n
                  3. \u201cGesamtkunst<\/i> and the Music of Light in the USSR,\u201d CONFERENCE ON GESAMTKUNST<\/u>. BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY, Bielefeld, Germany, 1991.<\/li>\n
                  4. \u201cRussian Architecture: Tradition and Change,\u201d Department of Architecture, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 1988.<\/li>\n
                  5. \u201cIgor Grabar and Museum Policy in the New Soviet State,\u201d NEW ENGLAND SLAVIC ASSOCIATION<\/u>, 1986.<\/li>\n
                  6. \u201cThe Applied Arts in the Russian Avant-Garde,\u201d RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN<\/u>, 1980.<\/li>\n
                  7. \u201cRussian Architecture and the Revolution,\u201d Department of Architecture, MIT, 1979.<\/li>\n
                  8. \u201cRodchenko\u2019s Photomontage Illustrations to Mayakovsky\u2019s narrative poem About This, <\/i>SEMIOTICS SOCIETY OF AMERICA CONFERENCE<\/u>, 1978.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    FOLKLORE<\/h2>\n

                    BOOK<\/h3>\n
                      \n
                    1. RUSSIAN FOLK LYRICS<\/u>, trans. and edited by Roberta Reeder. Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1993 (revised and expanded edition of DOWN ALONG THE MOTHER VOLGA<\/u>, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975) Read more…<\/a>
                      \nTranslation and annotated edition of Russian folk lyrics and monograph by Vladimir Propp.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      ARTICLES<\/h3>\n
                        \n
                      1. \u201cThe Russian Folk Lyric,\u201d \u201cWedding Ritual Songs,\u201d \u201cProletarian Songs\u201d in HANDBOOK OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE<\/u>, ed. Victor Terras. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.<\/li>\n
                      2. \u201cThe Russian Folk Riddle,\u201d SEMIOTICA<\/u>, 1982.
                        \nStructural analysis of the Russian folk riddle applying Chomsky\u2019s generative grammar theory.<\/li>\n
                      3. \u201dPetrouchka: A Russian Rogue,\u201d PUPPETRY JOURNAL<\/u>, January, 1981.
                        \nHistory and analysis of techniques of the Petrouchka puppet shows in Russia and the Soviet Union.<\/li>\n
                      4. V.V. Ivanov,\u201dThe Semiotic Theory of Carnival,\u201d trans. Roberta Reeder. SEMIOTICA<\/u>, 1980.
                        \nThe role of cultural codes in Carnival rituals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        PAPERS<\/h3>\n
                          \n
                        1. \u201cYugoslav Women\u2019s Folk Lyrics,\u201d AATSEEL CONFERENCE<\/u>, 1985.<\/li>\n
                        2. \u201cRussian Folklore: Tradition and Change,\u201d CONNECTICUT COLLEGE<\/u>, 1984.<\/li>\n
                        3. \u201cThe Russian Folk Fair,\u201d AATSEEL CONFERENCE<\/u>, 1983.<\/li>\n
                        4. \u201cSatire and the Russian Puppet Tradition,\u201d INTERNATIONAL PUPPET CONFERENCE,<\/u> SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, Washington, D.C., 1980.<\/li>\n
                        5. \u201cWomen in the Russian Folk Lyric,\u201d CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND FOLKLORE<\/u>, U. OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1978.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          MUSIC<\/h2>\n

                          ARTICLES<\/h3>\n
                            \n
                          1. \u201cLuigi Nono and the Porous Iron Curtain,\u201d Luigi Nono und der Osten<\/u>, ed. Birgit Johanna Wertenson and Christian Storch. Mainz, Germany, 2016, pp. 97-115.
                            \nLuigi Nono\u2019s first trip to Russia in 1963; discussion of the importance of his direct contact with major Soviet composers like Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov and Sofia Gubaidulina.<\/li>\n
                          2. \u201cStravinsky\u2019s Les Noces<\/i>\u201d (with Arthur Comegno), DANCE RESEARCH JOURNAL, vol. 18, no 2 (Winter 1986-1987), pp. 30-61.
                            \nIncludes an article on traditional Russian peasant wedding rituals, an annotated translation of the libretto of Les Noces<\/i>, a translation of the poems from Pyotr Kireevsky\u2019s 19th-century collection of Russian peasant wedding rituals (published 1911) used by Stravinsky for his libretto.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                            The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n
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                            Selected poems of Anna Akhmatova<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n
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                            Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n
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                            Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n
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                            BOOKS, ARTICLES, CONFERENCES, LECTURES LITERATURE BOOKS ANNA AKHMATOVA: POET AND PROPHET. NY: St. Martin\u2019s Press, 1994. Paperback 1995. Revised and expanded edition. Los Angeles, CA: Figueroa Press (U. of Southern California), 2007. Biography of Akhmatova: her life and works. Chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, 1994. Read more… COMPLETE POETIC WORKS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA. Edited and Introduction by Roberta Reeder. Trans. Judith Hemschemeyer with Roberta Reeder. Boston, MA: Zephyr Press. 1st ed. 1990, 2nd ed. 1993, 3rd ed. 1997. First edition: Russian and English. Later editions only English. Chosen as one of the best books ofRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertareeder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}