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Poems and Elegies
Olga Sedakova
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Description for Poems and Elegies
Hardcover. An intensely philosophical and religious poet, Olga Sedakova writes of nature, music, and the inner, spiritual life. This volume introduces to an English-speaking audience a selection of her poems. Translator(s): Kelly, Catriona. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
An intensely philosophical and religious poet, Olga Sedakova writes of nature, music, and the inner, spiritual life. As one of the preservers of traditional Russian culture, she stands in stark contrast to the rampant commercialization in contemporary Russian life, instead tracing her poetic roots back to the early avant-garde movements of pre-revolutionary Russia. For that stance, she endured years of censorship and silencing during the Soviet regime her poems distributed by hand in mimeographed copies or by word of mouth. This volume introduces to an English-speaking audience an extensive selection of poems by one of Russia's most distinguished lyric poets ... Read more
An intensely philosophical and religious poet, Olga Sedakova writes of nature, music, and the inner, spiritual life. As one of the preservers of traditional Russian culture, she stands in stark contrast to the rampant commercialization in contemporary Russian life, instead tracing her poetic roots back to the early avant-garde movements of pre-revolutionary Russia. For that stance, she endured years of censorship and silencing during the Soviet regime her poems distributed by hand in mimeographed copies or by word of mouth. This volume introduces to an English-speaking audience an extensive selection of poems by one of Russia's most distinguished lyric poets ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
Number of Pages
117
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9780838755587
SKU
V9780838755587
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About Olga Sedakova
Slava I. Yastremski is an Associate Professor of Russian at Bucknell University, and the author of numerous articles on Russian poetry of the twentieth century. He has translated four previous books. Olga Sedakova is one of the most respected and internationally recognized poets of contemporary Russia. She has received several prestigious European awards for her poetry, which have been translated ... Read more
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