Alexander M Schenker

Biographic Data

ID742563
NAMEAlexander M Schenker
GIVEN NAMESAlexander M
FAMILY NAMESchenker
SIGNATURESCHENKER A M
AFFILIATIONSYale University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR27
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1954
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX2

  • The Bronze Horseman

    Alexander M SchenkerBOOKThe Bronze Horseman2017

    This book is the first comprehensive treatment in any language of the most consequential work of art ever to be executed in Russia the equestrian monument to Peter the Great, or The Bronze Horseman, as it has come to be known since it appeared in Alexander Pushkin’s poem bearing that title. The author deals with the cultural setting that prepared the ground for the monument and provides life stories of those who were involved in its creation: the…

  • Bronze Horseman

    Alexander M SchenkerBOOKThe Bronze Horseman2008

  • My road to linguistics

    Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEHistoriographia Linguistica2007References: 4

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  • Responses

    Alexander M Schenker, Alexander Schenker et al.ARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…2006

  • What's in a Name? The Linguistic and Cultural Boundaries of Aatseel

    Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…2006Cited by: 1

  • The Bronze Horseman

    Alexander M SchenkerBOOKThe Bronze Horseman2003

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  • Sculptors of the Empress

    Alexander M SchenkerCHAPTERThe Bronze Horseman2003

    This chapter discusses Catherine the Great's deliberate cultivation of a friendship with Falconet and their exchange of correspondence; perceptions about Marie-Anne Collot's relationship with Falconet, who accompanied him to Russia; Falconet's feud with Ivan Ivanovich Betskoi, who was tasked with overseeing the construction of the monument to Peter the Great; and the large model of the monument.

  • Paris

    Alexander M SchenkerCHAPTERThe Bronze Horseman2003

    This chapter describes the life and work of Etienne-Maurice Falconet. The discussions cover Falconet's work as sculptor of Madame de Pompadour; his association with Sèvres; his intellectual pursuits; his friendship with Diderot, which resulted in an epistolary debate that has come to be known as Le pour et le contre; and his relationship with sculptress Marie-Anne Collot.

  • Denouement

    Alexander M SchenkerCHAPTERThe Bronze Horseman2003

    This chapter describes Falconet's departure from St. Petersburg in the wake of his souring relations with Catherine the Great; the unveiling of the monument; the collapse of Marie-Anne Collot's marriage to Pierre-Etienne; Falconet's retirement; and events following his death on January 24, 1791.

  • Tracing the Development of Proto-Slavic

    Barbara M Mozdzierz, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1997

  • The Dawn of Slavic

    CHARLES E GRIBBLE, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Russian Review1997Cited by: 1

    This work uses linguistic, cultural and historical themes to provide an account of the development of the Slavic languages. The book contends, among other things, that an understanding of early Slavic writing is incomplete outside the context of medieval culture

  • American Contributions to the Tenth International Congress of Slavists

    Mark J Elson, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1992

  • The Gnezodov inscription in its historical and linguistic setting

    Open AccessAlexander M SchenkerARTICLERussian Linguistics1989

  • The Slavic Literary Languages

    Theresa Alt, Wayles Browne et al.ARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1982

  • For Wiktor Weintraub

    Joyce Story, J Lyle Story et al.ARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1976

  • Beginning Polish

    Joanna Perelmuter, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1973

  • Gramatyka rosyjska w ujęciu funkcjonalnym

    Alexander M Schenker, Andrzej Bogusławski et al.ARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1972

  • Fifteen Modern Polish Short Stories

    George Kolodziej, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1971

    Mr. Schenker now supplements his Beginning with a selection of fifteen unabridged, annotated short stories, each by a different author, to be used in beginning and intermediate college courses in Polish. All of the stories are set in contemporary Poland, and are by authors generally considered to be among the most significant and interesting in post-World War II Poland. Each selection is preceded by an English-language biography and literary appr…

  • Some Remarks on Polish Quantifiers

    Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1971Cited by: 2

  • Beginning Polish, I

    Frank Y Gladney, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1968

  • Polish Declension

    Zbigniew Golab, Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1965

  • American Contributions to the Fourth International Congress of Slavicists, Moscow, September 1958

    Alexander M SchenkerARTICLELanguage1959

  • A Study in Polish Morphology

    Alexander M Schenker, Stanislaw WestfalARTICLELanguage1957

  • Slavic Linguistics in Today's Yugoslavia

    Alexander M SchenkerARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1957

  • Kazania gnieznienskie

    Alexander M Schenker, Stefan Vrtel-WierczynskiARTICLELanguage1955