Mayakovsky: A Poet in Revolution

Brown, Edward J.

ISBN 10: 0691062552 / ISBN 13: 9780691062556

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1973

About this Item

Minor wear to the extremities, jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve. 386 pages, including Biographical Essay, Index of Names, and Index of Titles. Several black & white photos illustrate the text. Literary biography of Russian poet, Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930).

Seller Inventory # 06423

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mayakovsky: A Poet in Revolution
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691062552
• ISBN 13: 9780691062556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary
  • Literature: Russian
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

An absorbing portrait of an extraordinary man, an analysis of the work of a great Russian poet, and the evocation of a crucial period in Russian cultural history―all are combined in Edward J. Brown's literary biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky. It is the only book to reveal the whole Mayakovsky, not just aspects of his tortured personality or artistic work, and will be immediately recognized as definitive.

Mayakovsky contributed to the cultural life of Soviet Russia not only as a lyric poet but as a playwright, graphic artist, and satirist of the conventional art forms of his day. By examining his art in terms of his life, Edward Brown shows how intensely personal it was and how bound up in the literary and political history of his time. The intellectual turmoil of the period is skillfully re-created, especially the nature, ambience, and personalities of Russian futurism. Above all, the book reveals the man―a committed Bolshevik and a dedicated artist, but also a hypochondriac, compulsive gambler, and eventual suicide.

Originally published in 1973.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation)