Witness and transformation : the poetics of Gennady Aygi / Sarah Valentine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valentine, Sarah, 1977- author.

Series:

Liber Primus (Series)

Liber Primus

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Experimental poetry, Russian--History and criticism.

Experimental poetry, Russian.

Poetics.

Aĭgi, Gennadiĭ, 1934-2006--Criticism and interpretation.

Aĭgi, Gennadiĭ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2015.

Language Note:

Includes text in English and Russian.

Summary:

A first full-length critical study of Chuvash-born poet Gennady Aygi (1934-2006), who is considered the father of late-Soviet avant-garde Russian poetry, this book charts the development of Aygi's poetics, which draws equally on Russian poetic and religious tradition, European literature and philosophy, and Chuvash literature, folk culture, and cosmology. Moving chronologically through Aygi's life and work from the 1950's to his final work in the early 2000's, the book concludes with an interview with American poet Fanny Howe about the importance of Aygi's work in translation. The volume places Aygi in the context of twentieth-century poetry of witness and reveals the global significance of his work.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

A Note on Transliteration

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One: Chuvash Poetics: Forming an Aesthetic

Chapter Two: The Moscow Neo-Avant-Garde

Chapter Three: Three Poems Called "Silence": The Human-Word as Divine Mystery

Chapter Four: Poem as Reliquary: Violence, Elegy, Witness

Chapter Five: After the Fall: Poetry of the 1990's and 2000's

Final Thoughts: A Conversation with Fanny Howe on Poetry Crossing Borders

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-193) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61811-444-1

OCLC:

945564246