Pasternak - A Biography

This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history to produce some of his country's greatest poetry and its most significant modern novel.

List of contents

Part 1. Maze of Melodies (1890-1923)  1. Inspiration in Search of a Poet  2. Poet in Search of a Voice  3. Cloudburst of Light  Part 2. Flirting with History (1923-1946)  4. Keeping Step with Revolution  5. Duet for One  6. The Poet Goes to War  Part 3. Enemy of the People (1946-1960)  7. Ice Age Frolics  8. Birth Pangs of a Novelist  9. Dilemmas of a Doctor  10. Prizewinner  11. The Last Rebirth

About the author

Ronald Hingley

Summary

This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history to produce some of his country’s greatest poetry and its most significant modern novel.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Hingley, Hingley Ronald
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367753375
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75337-5
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Russian and Soviet Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / World, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Russian, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Historical Fiction / General