Verses and versions : three centuries of Russian poetry / selected and translated by Vladimir Nabokov ; edited by Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin ; introduction by Brian Boyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.

Boyd, Brian, 1952-

Shvabrin, Stanislav.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Russian poetry--Translations into English.

Russian poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 441 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Orlando : Harcourt, 2008.

Language Note:

English and Russian in parallel translation.

Summary:

Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are Nabokov's English translations of Russian verse, presented next to the Russian originals, as well as three never-before-published poems written in English by Nabokov himself. Here, also, are some of his notes on the dangers and thrills of translation.

Contents:

Nabokov on translation

Nabokov: verses and versions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780151012640

0151012644

OCLC:

214322971