The Development of Russian Verse Meter and Its Meanings |
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Author:
| Wachtel, Michael |
Contribution by:
| Cross, Anthony Emerson, Caryl Heldt, Barbara |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-62078-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $162.95 |
Book Description:
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This 1999 book explores the Russian verse tradition from Pushkin to Brodsky. Keeping technical terms to a minimum and providing English translations of Russian quotations, Michael Wachtel offers close readings of poems by more than fifty poets, and demonstrates the practical interpretive value of paying attention to poetic form.
This 1999 book explores the Russian verse tradition from Pushkin to Brodsky. Keeping technical terms to a minimum and providing English translations of Russian quotations, Michael Wachtel offers close readings of poems by more than fifty poets, and demonstrates the practical interpretive value of paying attention to poetic form.