Contemporary Russian Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology (Russian Edition) - Hardcover

Smith, Gerald S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253353335 ISBN 13: 9780253353337

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1993

Synopsis

"The book is a credit to the press, a boon to everyone interested in Russian culture, and an important resource for teachers and students of Russian literature." —Library Journal

"... a solid and conscientious piece of work, informed by discerning taste and learning." —Times Literary Supplement

"Smith’s collection of contemporary Russian poetry should be useful to anyone with a serious interest in work produced during recent years both by poets living in the U.S.S.R. and by prominent Third Wave emigrés.... The introductory and biographical materials are excellent." —Publishers Weekly

The work of twenty-three poets, living in Russia and abroad and writing during the period since 1975, is highlighted in this dual-language anthology. The book features an extraordinary cohort of talented poets, including Joseph Brodsky, Evgenii Rein, and Bella Akhmadulina. Notes, biographical sketches, a detailed bibliography, and an informative introduction make this an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and readers of modern Russian literature.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This anthology brings together the work of twenty-three poets writing in Russian during the 1970s and 1980s, a period that will probably prove to be no more self-contained than any other in the convoluted continuum of the history of literature. The poetry in this anthology reflects a paramount concern with the cruel history of Russia and the USSR, and its general tone is appropriately grim.

About the Author:

Gerald S. Smith is Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford and Fellow of New College, Oxford. He is author of Songs to Seven Strings: Russian Guitar Poetry and Soviet "Mass Song," co-editor (with A. G. Cross) of Russian Literature in the Eighteenth Century, and translator of Alexander Galich, Songs and Poems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0253353335
• ISBN 13: 9780253353337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 390