| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
501 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Less than one -- Keening muse -- Pendulum's song -- A guide to a renamed city -- In the shadow of Dante -- On Tyranny -- Child of civilization -- Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980): an obituary -- Power of the elements -- Sound of the tide -- A poet and prose -- Footnote to a poem -- Catastrophes in the air -- On "September 1, 1939" by W.H. Auden -- To please a shadow -- A commencement address -- Flight from Byzantium -- In a room and a half. |
| Summary |
Includes essays on Russian writers, Western poets, politics, and the author's native city, Leningrad. |
| Subject |
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Poetry, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Russian literature -- History and criticism.
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Russian literature. |
| ISBN |
0374520550 |
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9780374520557 |
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