Contemporary Russian Poetry - by Gerald Stanton Smith (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Notes, biographical sketches, a detailed bibliography, and an informative introduction make this an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and readers of modern Russian literature.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The book is a credit to the press, a boon to everyone interested in Russian culture, and an important resource for teachers and students of Russian literature. --Library Journal</p><p> . . . a solid and conscientious piece of work, informed by discerning taste and learning. --Times Literary Supplement</p><p>Smith's collection of contemporary Russian poetry should be useful to anyone with a serious interest in work produced during recent years both by poets living in the U.S.S.R. and by prominent Third Wave emigrés. . . . The introductory and biographical materials are excellent. --Publishers Weekly</p><p>The work of twenty-three poets, living in Russia and abroad and writing during the period since 1975, is highlighted in this dual-language anthology. The book features an extraordinary cohort of talented poets, including Joseph Brodsky, Evgenii Rein, and Bella Akhmadulina. Notes, biographical sketches, a detailed bibliography, and an informative introduction make this an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and readers of modern Russian literature.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This book consists of the work of twenty-three poets, living in Russia and abroad and writing during the period since 1975. It is the first dual-language anthology in many years.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Gerald S. Smith is Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford and Fellow of New College, Oxford. He is author of Songs to Seven Strings: Russian Guitar Poetry and Soviet Mass Song, co-editor (with A. G. Cross) of Russian Literature in the Eighteenth Century, and translator of Alexander Galich, Songs and Poems.</p>
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