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.
"Born to a family of Russian intelligentsia in 1892 and coming of age in the crucible of revolution and war, Tsvetaeva has been seen as a victim of her politicized time, her life and her work marked by exile, neglect, and persecution. This book is the first to show us the poet a…
Leven en werk van de biseksuele Russische dichteres Marina Tsvetajeva (1892-1941). Tsvetajeva had vele buitenechtelijke affaires (o.a. met Sofiya Parnok) en droeg onder meer gedichten op aan de Russische emigrant en homoseksueel Anatoly von Steiger.
"Born to a family of Russian intelligentsia in 1892 and coming of age in the crucible of revolution and war, Tsvetaeva has been seen as a victim of her politicized time, her life and her work marked by exile, neglect, and persecution. This book is the first to show us the poet a…
"Born to a family of Russian intelligentsia in 1892 and coming of age in the crucible of revolution and war, Tsvetaeva has been seen as a victim of her politicized time, her life and her work marked by exile, neglect, and persecution. This book is the first to show us the poet a…
