Joseph Brodsky and the Soviet muse / David MacFadyen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacFadyen, David, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Brodsky, Joseph.

Soviet literature--Western influences.

Soviet literature.

Russian literature--20th century--Western influences.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

MacFadyen focuses on Brodsky's poetic beginnings. Revising the typical, simplistic representation of the young Brodsky and his peers in Western criticism, he demonstrates that Brodsky and his acquaintances absorbed an amazingly wide range of texts, both old and new, and that they read contemporary American, French, German, and Polish literature. Through numerous interviews with Brodsky's contemporaries and vast archival research, MacFadyen offers a vital new slant on Brodsky's early verse, providing the first published translations of these poems and examining Brodsky's work in relation to a broad international spectrum of influences to reveal the art and craft of his poetry. Joseph Brodsky and the Soviet Muse will appeal not only to those interested in Brodsky and the cultural influences that shaped his work and literature of the time but to those intrigued with Russian history and culture.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

Before Juliet: Jazz and Related Rhythms in Leningrad

After Dorrit: Joyce, Dos Passos, Hemingway, and Others

Stealing what Matters: Robert Frost and Boris Sluckij

Romanticism and Rebellion: Bagrickij and Gałczyński

Children’s Poetry: Beethoven Discovers America

Boris Pasternak and a Polish Muse

Marina Cvetaeva and a Czech Muse

New Stanzas to Augusta and Byron

Coda: “He Reminds Me of John Donne”: Gavrila Deržavin

Appendix: Meter and Rhythm in Brodsky’s Leningrad Poetry

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85882-3

9786612858826

0-7735-6863-8

OCLC:

929120724