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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're Russian. Byron is better remembered in Russia than he is in the English-speaking world, perhaps because of t
by gruseom 14y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're Russian. Byron is better remembered in Russia than he is in the English-speaking world, perhaps because of the close affinity to Pushkin. Moreover (and I am only saying this because the thread is so obscure that its Expected Flame Value is low enough that I will probably get away with it) Russians tend to be better educated, at least literarily, than we are.
- DenisM 14y agoYes, I'm a Russian, and Pushkin is indeed my "Byron connection". Funny how predictable things like that could be. I think your last sentence is selection bias at play - a non-Russian is more likely to meet an educated Russian, rather than the average one. This bias likely accounts for 99% of the appearance. For the remaining 1% you may actually have a valid point - literary education in the 20th century Russia was a bigger part of the education system, even on the technical tracks, when compared to the US.
- gruseom 14y agoFunny how predictable There's also your name, which narrowed it down to Russian or French, and I don't think the French care about Byron :)