Nightingale Fever: Russian Poets in Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780367753344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 270 str.

Ronald Hingley

Opis

This book, first published in 1981, examines four of the greatest Russian poets, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetayeva, their struggle to survive the Stalin years, and their dedication to their art despite considerable personal danger.

Spis treści

Part 1. Peace and War (1889-1921)  1. Motive for Murder  2. Torture by Happiness  3. Cloudburst of Light  4. My Craft Adrift  5. Black Velvet  Part 2. Between Convulsions (1921-1930)  6. Herbs for Alien Tribe  7. Rebel in Head and Womb  8. Time’s Great Dislocation  9. Loving and Lopping  Part 3. Terror and Beyond (1930-1966)  10. Frolics and Pitfalls  11. Harder to Breathe  12. Doom’s Black Whisper  13. All Change for Freedom Camp  14. Old Style, New Style  15. Two Voices Calling

O autorze

Ronald Hingley