The literary portrayals of Ivan Mazepa in Byron’s Mazeppa and Pushkin’s Poltava. A comparative analysis by Tatiana Krol

“…The juxtaposition of Mazeppa and Poltava explains ways in which details from Mazepa’s biography and exploits that inspired Byron’s creative imagination and kindled his desire to recount the story of Mazepa can be contrasted with Pushkin’s presentation of the same protagonist as generated by his own viewpoints on the political aspects surrounding the events of the Great Northern War, specifically the Battle of Poltava. The article applies Hans Robert Jauss’s concept of the horizon of expectations to examine the case of Pushkin’s reception of Byron. …”
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Hélène Cabanes-Gracia (1919-2010), Itinerari d’una ensenhaira occitana by Philippe Canales

“…From the Liberation onwards, she took part in all the battles; union activist, Freinet activist and above all Occitanist activist. …”
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