Peter Washington:Russian Poets by Peter Washington (English) Hardcover Book
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The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Russian Poets by Peter Washington This volume gathers together some of the most powerful poems from the greatest Russian poets of the 19th and 20th centuries. Arranged by theme and presented in the best available translations, this collection offers an ideal introduction to the mastery of Russian poetry. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Russian poets have always been admired for the lyric and emotional intensity with which they forge private and public experience into verse, and this volume gathers together some of the best-loved, and most powerful and immediate poems from the greatest Russian poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Here is the work of Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Alexander Blok, Andrei Bely, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ivan Bunin, Osip Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Boris Pasternak, and Joseph Brodsky, among many others.Arranged by theme—love, mortality, art, and the enduring mystery of Mother Russia herself—and presented in the best available translations, these poems will serve as both an introduction to the mastery of Russian poetry and a wide-ranging selection to be returned to again and again. Author Biography Peter Washington is the editor of many Everyman's Library Pocket Poet anthologies, including Love Poems, Erotic Poems, Friendship Poems, and Poems of Mourning. Table of Contents Foreword THE MUSE BORIS PASTERNAK A Definition of Poetry ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Echo AFANASY FET To the Muse BORIS PASTERNAK Poetry VLADISLAV KHODASEVICH Stanzas ALEXANDER PUSHKIN The Poet BORIS PASTERNAK ''Thus they begin'' MARINA TSVETAYEVA ''Poems grow'' SERGEI ESENIN ''I am the last village-poet'' ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Exegi Monumentum ANNA AKHMATOVA The Muse e BORIS PASTERNAK For Anna Akhmatova ALEXANDER BLOK To Anna Akhmatova ANNA AKHMATOVA For Alexander Blok OSIP MANDELSTAM On Akhmatova VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV ''The Dostoyology of racing clouds!'' MIKHAIL LERMONTOV In Memory of A. I. O[doevsk]y ALEXANDER PUSHKIN To a Poet NIKOLAI NEKRASOV From Princess Volkhonskaya JOSEPH BRODSKY To Urania FYODOR TYUTCHEV Silentium! OSIP MANDELSTAM Silentium NIKOLAI GUMILEV I and You NIKOLAI NEKRASOV ''Happy that easy-tempered bard I call'' ALEXANDER PUSHKIN ''Eyes open wide, the poet weaves'' FYODOR TYUTCHEV ''Nay, in a poet put no trust'' MARINA TSVETAYEVA From The Poet ALEXANDER BLOK To the Muse MARINA TSVETAYEVA ''For my poems'' MIKHAIL LERMONTOV The Poet E. A. BARATYNSKY The Muse KONSTANTIN BATYUSHKOV To My Friends OSIP MANDELSTAM ''Air sucked dry, bread turning to mould'' NATIVE LAND MIKHAIL LERMONTOV Native Land MIKHAIL LERMONTOV A Prophecy ALEXANDER PUSHKIN The Prophet JOSEPH BRODSKY From A Part of Speech PETER VYAZEMSKY The Russian God ALEXANDER BLOK Russia ALEXEY TOLSTOY The Convicts ALEXEY TOLSTOY ''Land of mine, where I was bred'' ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Message to Siberia FYODOR TYUTCHEV The Beggar VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV Russia and Me MARINA TSVETAYEVA ''Longing for the motherland'' ALEXANDER BLOK The Kite ANDREI VOSNESENSKY Mother FYODOR TYUTCHEV ''These poor hamlets, humbly faring'' ANDREI BELY Russia MARINA TSVETAYEVA ''As you fought for your fatherland'' MIKHAIL LERMONTOV ''Farewell to Russia''s unwashed features'' BORIS PASTERNAK ''We are few'' VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV ''Moscow''s a crazed old skull'' ANNA AKHMATOVA From Northern Elegies FYODOR TYUTCHEV Russia OSIP MANDELSTAM Petersburg Stanzas NIKOLAI NEKRASOV ''The capitals are rocked with thunder'' ALEXANDER BLOK From Retribution Book 2, I & IV VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV The Moscow of the Future MARINA TSVETAYEVA ''Above the church tower there are clouds of blue'' BLACK EARTH OSIP MANDELSTAM Black Earth ANNA AKHMATOVA Native Soil MARINA TSVETAYEVA ''Some forebear of mine was a violinist'' BORIS PASTERNAK Spring IVAN BUNIN Russian Spring AFANASY FET ''Skies again are deep and bare'' VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY The Problem of Spring FYODOR TYUTCHEV Spring Waters FYODOR TYUTCHEV Spring Storm FYODOR TYUTCHEV First Leaf ANNA AKHMATOVA ''The lime-trees by the open door'' VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV ''Alive with glad tidings'' ALEXANDER PUSHKIN ''Day''s rain is done'' ANNA AKHMATOVA Garden MARINA TSVETAYEVA Garden ALEXANDER BLOK Illusion ALEXANDER BLOK Autumn Day INNOKENTI ANNENSKY Poppies ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Autumn ANNA AKHMATOVA Bezhetsk ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Winter Morning ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Fountain at Tsarskoye Selo OSIP MANDELSTAM ''The pear and the cherry blossom'' MARINA TSVETAYEVA Elder AFANASY FET ''I have come to you to greet you'' VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY Night FYODOR TYUTCHEV At the Imperial Village ANNA AKHMATOVA Statue in Tsarskoye Selo TRA Excerpt from Book FOREWORD This selection of Russian verse is not comprehensive--how could it be, given the richness and abundance of material?--but in addition to well-known figures I have tried to include some less celebrated. Acknowledgments at the back of the book will suggest further reading for those in search of it. The focus is on lyrics, always difficult to translate, especially when so allusive and intertextual. My choice of poets beyond the famous few has been limited by availability: many have been translated little or not at all, others badly. The poems must also read well in English, rarely the case with verse translations. For convenience, the text is divided into six sections, but part titles are to be taken as starting points, not limits. Russian poets constantly reflect on their art, so it seems appropriate to begin with the Muse. Their other great topic is Russia herself, explored in parts two and three. Part four presents the inner world, parts five and six traditional themes of love and mortality. --Peter Washington Details ISBN0307269744 Publisher Everyman's Library Language English ISBN-10 0307269744 ISBN-13 9780307269744 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 891.710 Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-05-31 Short Title RUSSIAN POETS-EVL POCKET Pages 252 Series Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Imprint Random House Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Peter Washington Audience General/Trade AU Release Date 2009-05-12 NZ Release Date 2009-05-12 US Release Date 2009-05-12 UK Release Date 2009-05-12 Author Peter Washington We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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