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The Development of Russian Verse

Meter and Its Meanings

The Development of Russian Verse( )
Author: Wachtel, Michael
Contribution by: Kelly, Catriona
Cross, Anthony
Emerson, Caryl
Heldt, Barbara
Jones, Malcolm
Rayfield, Donald
Smith, G. S.
Terras, Victor
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-02814-1
Publication Date:Nov 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $53.99
Book Description:

This first full-length account of the Russian verse tradition shows how certain formal features are associated with certain genres and specific themes. Keeping technical terms to a minimum and providing English translations of all quotations, Michael Wachtel offers close readings of poems by more than fifty poets from Pushkin to Brodsky, and demonstrates the practical interpretive value of paying attention to poetic form. Ultimately, his book is an inquiry into the nature of literary...
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Book Details
Pages:344
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry
Foreign Language Study / Russian
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.892 x 0.78 Inches
Book Weight:1.14 Pounds



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