Brodsky through the eyes of his contemporaries. Vol. 1 [electronic resource] / Valentina Polukhina ; [translators, Tatiana Retivov ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polukhina, Valentina.

Contributor:

Retivov, Tatiana.

Series:

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Brodsky, Joseph.

Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996--Contemporaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed., rev. and supplemented.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brodsky Through the Eyes of His Contemporaries (Volume 1) offers a fascinating record of conversations with poets of various nationalities about Joseph Brodsky: Czeslaw Milosz, Roy Fisher, Lev Loseff, Bella Akhmadulina, Natalia Gorbanevskaya, Tomas Venclova, Viktor Krivulin, Alexander Kushner, and Elena Shvarts. In comparison with the first edition of this volume published in 1992 this new second edition is enlarged with three new interviews and a series of previously unpublished unique photographs from the personal archives of the author and the interviewees. The collection combines biographical details with a new and authoritative interpretation of the poetics, style, and ideas of one of the most influential poets to emerge in post-Stalinist Russia. As a poet, essayist, and playwright, Brodsky is widely known and read in the English-speaking world. This book is a superb guide to further study of Brodsky's work both for specialist scholars and general readers who are intoxicated by poetry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Photographs in the inset

List of abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Anatoly Naiman. A Coagulation of Linguistic Energy

2. Yakov Gordin. A Tragic Perception of the World

3. Evgeny Rein. The Introduction of the Prosaic into Poetry

4. Natalya Gorbanevskaya. Subordination to the Language

5. Bella Akhmadulina. Perfection of Harmony

6. Elena Ushakova. A Poet of Intense Thought

7. Aleksandr Kushner. The World's Last Romantic Poet

8. Lev Loseff. A New Conception of Poetry

9. Vladimir Ufliand. One of the Freest Men

10. David Shrayer-Petrov. He was a Universal Poet

11. Mikhail Meilakh. Liberation from Emotionality

12. Viktor Krivulin. A Mask that's Grown to Fit the Face

13. Yury Kublanovsky. A Yankee in Russian Poetry

14. Eelena Shvarts. Coldness and Rationality

15. Olga Sedakova. A Rare Independence

16. Aleksey Parshchikov. Absolute Tranquillity in the Face of Absolute Tragedy

17. Tomas Venclova. Development of Semantic Poetics

18. Roy Fisher. A Noble Quixotic Sight

19. Derek Walcott. A Merciless Judge

20. Czeslaw Milosz. A Huge Building of Strange Architecture

21. Peter Viereck. Rhyme and Punishment

Valentina Polukhina Books

Name Index

Notes:

Volume 1 is a new edition, revised and supplemented. Firstly published by St. Martin's Press, in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-137-X

OCLC:

769188620