Including examples from Russia's greatest poets, Michael Wachtel draws on three centuries of verse, from the beginnings of secular literature in the eighteenth century to the present day. The first part of his book is devoted to concepts such as versification, poetic language and tradition. In the second part he examines the ode, the elegy, love poetry, nature poetry and patriotic verse.
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"...an excellent companion...The volume is written in an especially accessible prose...Highly recommended." N. Tittler, SUNY at Binghamton, CHOICE
"An informative, revelatory, and engrossing read for anyone excited about Russian poetry, The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry deserves to become an instant classic." The Russian Review, Alyssa Dinega Gillespie, University of Notre Dame
"An informative, revelatory, and engrossing read for anyone excited about Russian poetry, The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry deserves to become an instant classic." The Russian Review, Alyssa Dinega Gillespie, University of Notre Dame
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This introduction presents the major themes, forms 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 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, love poetry, nature poetry and patriotic verse. This book will be an invaluable tool for students and teachers alike.
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All forms of communication - both artistic and quotidian - are based on rules. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pyrrhic feet, sobranie stikhotvorenii, accentual verse, masculine rhymes, iambic tetrameter, former beloved, patriotic verse, feminine rhymes, instrumental case, syllabic verse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vladimir Soloviev, Church Slavonic, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Western European, Aleksandr Blok, Boris Pasternak, Count Null, Don Juan, King Kong, The Prophet New!
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All forms of communication - both artistic and quotidian - are based on rules. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pyrrhic feet, sobranie stikhotvorenii, accentual verse, masculine rhymes, iambic tetrameter, former beloved, patriotic verse, feminine rhymes, instrumental case, syllabic verse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vladimir Soloviev, Church Slavonic, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Western European, Aleksandr Blok, Boris Pasternak, Count Null, Don Juan, King Kong, The Prophet New!
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- A Part of Speech by Joseph Brodsky on page 29, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Development of Russian Verse: Meter and its Meanings (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature) by Michael Wachtel in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Bronze Horseman: Selected Poems of Alexander Pushkin by D. M. Thomas on page 62, and page 142
- Eugene Onegin (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by A.S. Pushkin on page 103
- Eugene Onegin (Penguin Classics) by Alexander Pushkin on page 103
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