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10 STUDY OUTLINE ON Turner. Studies in Russian literature, p. 133, 46-60. Waliszewski. History of Russian literature, p. 60-4, 69-84. Wolkonsky. Pictures of Russian history and Russian literature. p. 138-44- Westminster Review. 114:64-8. July '80. The peasant-poets of Russia (Lomonsov). 2. Catherine the Great. a Catherine the Great, 1729-1796. Katherine II herself may be placed at the head of the writers of her day, in virtue not only of her rank and her encouragement of literature at home and abroad, but because of her own writings, Isabel F. Hap good. (1) Her literary productions. (2) Her influence on the development of Russian literature. b Denis Ivanovich von Vizin, 1744-1792. He is the representative of the Russian type, in its best aspects, during the reign of Katherine II. Isabel F. Hapgood. (1) His comedies and other work. c Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin, 1743-1816. Of all the poets of Russia, Derzhavin is, in my conception, entitled to the very first place. . . . His "Ode to God," with the exception of some of the wonderful passages of the Old Testament ... is one of the most impressive and sublime addresses I am acquainted with, on a subject as pre-eminently impressive and sublime. Sir John Bowring. (1) His life. (2) His poems. (3) His "Ode to God/' with selections. In Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 1, p. 379-82. Chautauquan. 10:206-9. Nov. '89. Recommended Reading Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. i, p. 272-87, 34 J -58, 379-92.