New Perspectives on Jacob von Stählin: Towards an Intellectual Biography*. (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Larocca, Giuseppina
• Is Part Of: Slavonica. Volume 23:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 42
• Page End: 52
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: 18th Russian cultural history -- Russian academy of sciences -- eighteenth-century German and Russian relationships; Slavic literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Slavic philology -- Periodicals; Slavic countries -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 947.0004918
• DOI: 10.1080/13617427.2018.1471807
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-7427

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The article is devoted to Jacob von Stählin, an important figure of the eighteenth-century Russian Culture. The contribution is an attempt to reconstruct his intellectual biography based on new archival researches. The role of Stählin from the 1735 to his death is provided, paying particular attention to his work as a poet and his contribution to the Academy of Sciences and the artistic activities.