The Marsh of Gold. Pasternak's Writings on Inspiration and Creation.
Pasternak, Boris. Ed(S): Livingstone, Angela
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Major statements by the celebrated Russian poet Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) about poetry, inspiration, the creative process, and the significance of artistic/literary creativity in his own life as well as in human life altogether, are presented here in his own words (in translation) and are discussed in the extensive commentaries and introduction. Editor(s): Livingstone, Angela. Translator(s): Livingstone, Angela. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
Major statements by the celebrated Russian poet Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) about poetry, inspiration, the creative process and the significance of artistic/literary creativity in his own life as well as in human life altogether, are presented here in his own words (in translation) and are discussed in the extensive Commentaries and Introduction. The texts range from 1910 to 1946 and are between two and ninety pages long. There are Commentaries on all the texts, as well as a final Essay on Pasternak's famous novel "Doctor Zhivago", which is looked at here in the light of what it says on art and ... Read more
Major statements by the celebrated Russian poet Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) about poetry, inspiration, the creative process and the significance of artistic/literary creativity in his own life as well as in human life altogether, are presented here in his own words (in translation) and are discussed in the extensive Commentaries and Introduction. The texts range from 1910 to 1946 and are between two and ninety pages long. There are Commentaries on all the texts, as well as a final Essay on Pasternak's famous novel "Doctor Zhivago", which is looked at here in the light of what it says on art and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History
Number of Pages
330
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781934843239
SKU
V9781934843239
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About Pasternak, Boris. Ed(S): Livingstone, Angela
After obtaining a first-class honours B.A. in Russian and German at Cambridge University (later also a Cambridge Ph.D), I wrote one book on a German literature topic (Lou Andreas-Salome, Her Life and Writings), then went on to focus on Russian literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As a researcher I have specialized mainly in the work of Boris Pasternak, ... Read more
Reviews for The Marsh of Gold. Pasternak's Writings on Inspiration and Creation.
'Lucid and full commentaries are interspersed between the pieces, making this an indispensable volume for any student of Pasternak or early twentieth-century Russia."
Sasha Dugdale
Times Literary Supplement
Sasha Dugdale
Times Literary Supplement