Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Roots and Contexts
The Semantics and Etymology of Misbehavior
Contexts: Domesticity, Society, State
The Verse Shalost'
2 Arzamas: Rudeness
Like Talk
Rudeness and Domesticity in the Arzamasian Letter
3 The Green Lamp: Banter
Arkadii Rodzianko's "Ligurinus"
Del'vig's "Fanni" and Del'vig's "Shack"
4 Ruslan and Liudmila: Rudeness and Banter
Sexual Banter and Eroticism in Ruslan and Liudmila
"Blush You Wretch!": Rudeness in Ruslan and Liudmila and Its Impact on Youth Culture
Epilogue: Pushkin the Pornographer Two Hundred Years Later
Notes
Index