The Most Dangerous Art - Poetry, Politics, and Autobiography After the Russian Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Donald Loewen is associate professor of Russian at Binghamton University (SUNY). Klappentext The book shows how three of Russia's most important twentieth century poets used autobiographical prose to defend poetry and the poet in an era when poetry was under attack. It juxtaposes these autobiographies with each other and with the culturo-political events that followed Russia's 1917 October Revolution in a way that has never previously been attempted. Zusammenfassung The book shows how three of Russia's most important twentieth century poets used autobiographical prose to defend poetry and the poet in an era when poetry was under attack. It juxtaposes these autobiographies with each other and with the culturo-political events that followed Russia's 1917 October Revolution in a way that has never previously been attempted. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Endangered Genre, Endangered Artist Chapter 2 Early Warning Signs Chapter 3 The Search for Safe Passage Chapter 4 Fighting for Breath Chapter 5 The Poet's Birthright Chapter 6 A Survivor's Story

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Donald Loewen, Loewen Donald
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780739120842
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2084-2
• Pages: 226
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature slaves; History, European History, Literature: history & criticism, HISTORY / Russia / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet