PUSHKIN'S POEM “CLEOPATRA”: BIOGRAPHY ASPECT AND LITERATURE TRADITION
The article is devoted to Pushkin's poem “Cleopatra”, which was created in one of the dramatic periods of the poet's biography. Pushkin's interpretation of the famous Egyptian’s image is explored against the background both of the literary tradition of Cleopatra’s depiction, and the lyrical and epistolary heritage of the poet of Mikhailovskoe exile period.