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In praise of poetry / Olga Sedakova ; translated from the Russian by Caroline Clark, Ksenia Golubovich & Stephanie Sandler ; design by N. J. Furl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sedakova, Olga, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sedakova, Olʹga--Translations into English.
- Sedakova, Olʹga.
- Sedakova, Ol'ga--Translations into English.
- Sedakova, Ol'ga -- Translations into English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, New York : Open Letter, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These three pieces--a memoir-essay and two long poems--are the first from this contemporary Russian poet to appear in English.
- Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; IN PRAISE OF POETRY; Introduction; Old Songs; First Notebook; Second Notebook; Poems with No Place in the Second Notebook; Third Notebook; Poems Added to ""Old Songs""; Tristan and Isolde; First Introduction; Second Introduction; Third Introduction; 1. Knights Ride to the Tournament; 2. Beggars Walk the Road; 3. A Shepherd Plays; 4. Son of the Muses; 5. A Brave Fisherman; 6. A Wounded Tristan Drifts in a Boat; 7. A Consolation Dog; 8. The King at the Hunt; 9. A Dwarf Tells Fortunes by the Stars; 10. Night; 11. A Mill Whirs; 12. The Hermit Speaks; In Praise of Poetry
- An Interview with Olga SedakovaAn Afterword; About the Contributors; Endnotes; About the Publisher
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-940953-06-5
- OCLC:
- 903573074
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