After Pushkin: versions of the poems of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin by contemporary poets
by Alexander Pushkin 
, Elaine Feinstein (Editor)
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‘How do you convince the English-speaking public that Pushkin’s genius is as great as the Russians claim?’ This question, raised at the bicentenary of Pushkin’s birth, is the catalyst for a collection of new translations, versions of and responses to the poetry of Pushkin by some of the best poets writing in English today.Tags
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A very cool book of poetry. Something like 18 different poets doing their "translations" of Pushkin's poems. I believe that some of them worked directly from the Russian, some of them from translations, some from translations of translations, etc. They used different methods and different approaches to the poems. A great first introduction to Pushkin for me; but at the end of the day I always wish I could read poetry in the original language.
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, one of Russian's greatest poets, was born in Moscow on June 6, 1799. He studied Latin and French literature at the Lyceum. Pushkin was often in conflict with the government and was kept under surveillance for much of his later life. He was also exiled for a period of time. His works include Eugene Onegin and Ruslan show more and Ludmila. Pushkin died on February 10, 1837 in St. Petersburg of a wound received during a duel protecting the honor of his wife. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Alexander Pushkin has a Legacy Library. Legacy libraries are the personal libraries of famous readers, entered by LibraryThing members from the Legacy Libraries group.
She is a prize-winning poet, novelist & biographer was made a fellow of the royal Society of Literature in 1980 & has written biographies of D. H. Lawrence, Marina Tsvetayeva & Aleksandr Pushkin. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- After Pushkin: versions of the poems of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin by contemporary poets
- Original publication date
- 1999
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- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 891.713 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Russian and East Slavic languages Russian poetry 1800–1917
- LCC
- PR6058 .E2 — Language and Literature English English Literature 1961-2000
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
- 5
