The depiction of freedom in the works of A. Pushkin and G. Byron

The author analyzes how freedom is described in the romantic poetry of Lord Byron.A different depiction of freedom - one connected with the spiritual foundations ofRussian classical culture - can be observed in the poetry of A. Pushkin. The keytopic addressed in this article is the description of Pushkin's literary struggle withthe “spirit of Byronism”: his antagonism to the individualist character of freedomof the romantic period and his spiritual struggle against the temptation of completefreedom that arises from the destructive experience of European revolutions.