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The Noise of Time: Selected Prose
Osip Mandel´shtam
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Description for The Noise of Time: Selected Prose
Paperback. Osip Mandelstam has come to be seen as a central figure in European modernism. This volume includes his autobiographical sketches, "The Noise of Time"; his novella "The Egyptian Stamp"; "Fourth Prose"; and his travel memoirs. There are essays by Clarence Brown. Editor(s): Brown, Clarence. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Collected prose works by one of Russla's towering literary figures; Osip Mandelstam has in recent years come to be seen as a central figure in European modernism. Though known primarily as a poet, Mandelstam worked in many styles: autobiography, short story, travel writing, and polemic. Mandelstam's biographer, Clarence Brown, presents a collection of the poet's prose works that illuminates Mandelstam's far-ranging talent and places him within the canon of European modernism. This volume includes Mandelstam's The Noise of Time, a series of autobiographical sketches; The Egyptian Stamp, a novella echoing Gogol and ... Read more
Collected prose works by one of Russla's towering literary figures; Osip Mandelstam has in recent years come to be seen as a central figure in European modernism. Though known primarily as a poet, Mandelstam worked in many styles: autobiography, short story, travel writing, and polemic. Mandelstam's biographer, Clarence Brown, presents a collection of the poet's prose works that illuminates Mandelstam's far-ranging talent and places him within the canon of European modernism. This volume includes Mandelstam's The Noise of Time, a series of autobiographical sketches; The Egyptian Stamp, a novella echoing Gogol and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
European Classics
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810119284
SKU
V9780810119284
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About Osip Mandel´shtam
Osip Mandelstam was born in Warsaw in 1891. Raised in St. Petersburg, he published his first collection, Stone, in 1913 and joined with Anna Akhmatova in the Acmeist movement. Arrested in 1934 for an epigram he'd written about Joseph Stalin, Mandelstam died in a gulag near Vladivostok in 1938. His works include Osip Mandelstam: Fifty Poems and Moscow Notebooks.
Reviews for The Noise of Time: Selected Prose
The most illuminating commentary on Mandelstam in English at the present moment...A work of impeccable scholarship. - Isaiah Berlin, New York Review of Books; In this translation, 'Journey to Armenia' takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth century literature. - Bruce Chatwin