Selected Poems
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 1, 1994
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- Who it’s for
- Tsvetaeva’s poetry brings formidable lyrical force to a life shaped by upheaval and exile.
- Themes
- Russian Revolution, Exile, Poetry and personal experience
- Genres
- Russian & Soviet Poetry, Women Poets, Eastern European Collections
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An acclaimed translation of the best work of the passionate Russian poet An admired contemporary of Rilke, Akhmatova, and Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva was a witness to the political turmoil and the social devastation wrought by the Russian Revolution and a powerfully inspired chronicler of a difficult life and exile sustained by poetry. Pasternak "was immediately overcome by the immense lyrical power of her poetic form.
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It... had spring living from experience—personal, and neither narrow-chested nor short of breath from line to line but rich and compact and enveloping" For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Tsvetaeva’s poetry brings formidable lyrical force to a life shaped by upheaval and exile.
Come here for
- Russian poetry with a fierce, personal charge
- A distinctive voice among major modern poets
Expect
- Lyrical form described as rich, compact, and enveloping
- Poems rooted in experience, political turmoil, and exile
Where it sits
| Russian & Soviet Poetry | 96% |
|---|---|
| Women Poets | 76% |
| Eastern European Collections | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Russian & Former Soviet Collections
- Russian Lit Crit
- Russian & Soviet Poetry
- Authors
- Marina Tsvetaeva
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- January 1, 1994
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Russian Revolution · Exile · Poetry and personal experience
- Reading lane
- Russian & Former Soviet Collections