Muller, V. (2015). Pushkin and Shakespeare; Playwriting and theatre in the age of Shakespeare. Ed. and prefaced by D. Ermolovich. Moscow: AuditoriA. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The name of Vladimir Muller (1880-1941) was familiar to every student of the English language in Russia as his Anglo-Russian dictionary had been in print since 1947. Muller's book Playwriting and Theatre in the Age of Shakespeare [Drama i teatr epokhiShekspira] (1925) retained its reputation of the best Russian guide to Shakespeare's theatre and dramatic technique for over half a century. But next to nothing was known about its author till information was dug out from the archive by D. Ermolovich together with the manuscript of another book by Muller — Pushkin and Shakespeare [Pushkin i Shekspir]. Prepared for Pushkin's death centenary in 1937, the text was never published. Even now the monograph stands out as the most comprehensive factual collection of evidence on the sources of Pushkin's competence both in the English language and Shakespeare with some penetrating analyses of Shakespeare's presence in Pushkin's work.