Anatoly Liberman

Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age

Unstudied Words That Wove and Wavered

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age is the first metrical and rhymed translation of nearly all the lyrics by Evgeny Boratynsky (1800-1844), one of the greatest poets of the Golden Age of Russian poetry. A long introduction and a detailed commentary, which includes multiple poems by Pushkin and many of Boratynsky's contemporaries, provide a unique background for appreciating the poet's achievements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9781785271366
• ISBN-10: 1785271369
• Artikelnr.: 58765297

Autorenporträt

Anatoly Liberman is professor of Germanic philology at the University of Minnesota, USA. He has published over 650 works, including 15 books, of which he is the author or editor.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements and a Few Editorial Remarks
1. Introduction
2. Poems
Part One, 3. Embarrassed to Be Merry
Part Two, 4. My Gift Is Faint
Part Three, 5. Poetry's Mysterious Grief
6. Commentary
Titles and the First Lines in English Transliteration
The First Lines in Russian
The Principal Themes and Motifs of Boratynsky's Poetry
Name Index
Subject Index.