"The image of Ivan the Terrible in I. S. Turgenev's Works of the 1870s: The Story of 'A Lear of the Steppes'" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo961/ Author: Volkov, Ivan O. Type: Journal Article Year: 2017 Publication Information: Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta--Tomsk State University Journal 419 (2017): 23–31. DOI: 10.17223/15617793/419/3 Annotation: Explores Turgenev's portrayal of Ivan the Terrible in "Lear of the Steppes," a loose adaptation of King Lear. Suggests that Turgenev applies Shakespearean imagery and ideas to Russian historical contexts. Russian summary, 23; English summary, 30-31. Language: Russian Persons: Turgenev, Ivan; Ivan the Terrible Tags: King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare as Influence, Shakespeare in Literature, Translations and Adaptations WSB Update: Winter 2025 WSB Record Number: bbbo961