Joseph Brodsky and the Baroque / David MacFadyen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacFadyen, David, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996--Criticism and interpretation.

Brodsky, Joseph.

Arts, Baroque.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

MacFadyen shows that the works of John Donne, the existential philosophy of Kierkegaard and Sestov, and the cities of St Petersburg and Venice inspired in Brodsky a fundamentally Baroque evolution. He provides a compelling and comprehensive examination of Brodsky's poetry and prose in a fascinating overview of some problems of post-soviet aesthetics. The book concludes with a reassessment of Brodsky's final role, that of cross-cultural, bilingual essayist. Joseph Brodsky and the Baroque will appeal to students and scholars of Russian literature as well as the growing body of Brodsky's admirers.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Justification for the Term "Baroque"

Kierkegaard and Sestov: Affinities and Influence in Brodsky’s Pre-Exile Verse, 1957-1972

The Influence of John Donne, Relative to Existentialism, 1957-1972

The Baroque Leap of Faith, 1972-1979

The Post-Baroque, 1980-1989

Nomadism and Venice, 1990-1996

The Consequences of Nomadism: Late Bilingualism and Posthumous Biographies

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes some text in Russian.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85524-7

9786612855245

0-7735-6739-9

OCLC:

732600930