This is the first full-scale biography of Osip Mandelstam to combine an analysis of his poetry with a description of his personal life, from his beginnings as a young intellectual in pre-revolutionary Russia to his final fate as a victim of Stalinism. The myth has grown up that Mandelstam was a gloomy, miserable figure;Dutli deconstructs this, stressing Mandelstam's enjoyment of life. There are several underlying themes here. One is Mandelstam's Jewish background in pre-1914 Russia, which he re ...
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Osip Mandelstam
A Biography
Dutli, Ralph
Gebunden, 336 S.
Sprache: Englisch
Verso (2022)
Gewicht: 637 g
ISBN-13: 978-1-83976-158-4
Titelnr.: 95960684