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Cambridge Introductions to Literature: The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry
Michael Wachtel
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Paperback. This introduction presents the major themes, forms and styles of Russian poetry. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry presents the major themes, forms, genres and styles of Russian poetry. Using examples from Russia's greatest poets, Michael Wachtel draws on three centuries of verse, from the beginnings of secular literature in the eighteenth century up to the present day. The first half of the book is devoted to concepts such as versification, poetic language and tradition; the second half is organised along genre lines and examines the ode, the elegy, ballads, love poetry, nature poetry and patriotic verse. All poetry appears in the original followed by literal translations. This book is designed to ... Read more
The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry presents the major themes, forms, genres and styles of Russian poetry. Using examples from Russia's greatest poets, Michael Wachtel draws on three centuries of verse, from the beginnings of secular literature in the eighteenth century up to the present day. The first half of the book is devoted to concepts such as versification, poetic language and tradition; the second half is organised along genre lines and examines the ode, the elegy, ballads, love poetry, nature poetry and patriotic verse. All poetry appears in the original followed by literal translations. This book is designed to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521004930
SKU
V9780521004930
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About Michael Wachtel
Michael Wachtel is Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University. He is the author of Russian Symbolism and Literary Tradition: Goethe, Novalis, and the Poetics of Vyacheslav Ivanov (1994) and The Development of Russian Verse: Meter and its Meanings (Cambridge, 1998).
Reviews for Cambridge Introductions to Literature: The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry
'This book will help students who are making the leap across the apparently daunting gap between coping with spoken Russian or Russian prose and tackling a poetic text ... A helpful index of poetic terms and a reassuringly select list of further reading are provided to help those who are entirely new to the topic. The book is ... a ... Read more