"74" Result
Sort By:
This critical biography of Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939), David M. Bethea introduces to the Western reader the life and art of a literary figure described by Vladimir Nabokov as the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton L…
This volume is the biography of the legendary Russian poet, a rich narrative of the dramatic life behind the extraordinary work. It draws on a wealth of material, including memoirs, letters and journals, and interviews with Akhmatova's surviving friends and family.
In this definitive biography of the legendary Russian poet, Elaine Feinstein draws on a wealth of newly available material'including memoirs, letters, journals, and interviews with surviving friends and family'to produce a revelatory portrait of both the artist and the woman. An…
A portrait of the Russian poet details the passions that informed her poetry, the banning of her work before and after World War II, her three marriages, her anti-Stalinist beliefs, and her friendship with Shostakovich and Pasternak.
A portrait of the Russian poet details the passions that informed her poetry, the banning of her work before and after World War II, her three marriages, her anti-Stalinist beliefs, and her friendship with Shostakovich and Pasternak.
"This collection of essays, which should appeal both to Slavists and students of comparative literature, deals with twelve major twentieth-century Russian poets who, for varied reasons, became estranged from the Soviet state. Some stayed in Russia to become inner emigres, others…
This collection of essays, which should appeal both to Slavists and students of comparative literature, deals with twelve major twentieth-century Russian poets who, for varied reasons, became estranged from the Soviet state. Some stayed in Russia to become inner émigrés, others …