| Music in Russian Poetry Contributor(s): Beyer Jr, Thomas R. (Editor), Friedrich, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820433470 ISBN-13: 9780820433479 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 891.710 |
| LCCN: 96016460 |
| Series: Middlebury Studies in Russian Language and Literature |
| Physical Information: 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This groundbreaking work from Paul Friedrich surveys the Russian lyric scene from the eighteenth century through the modern period, in terms of the poets' own ideas as well as the author's creative interpretation. Such themes as poetic craft, musicality, creativity, sociopolitical context, and multilingualism as musical competence are discussed, interrelated through their variations in twenty-one of Russia's finest lyric poets, and then synthesized in two -recapitulations.- Incorporating a broad theoretical perspective with numerous detailed readings of key poems, Friedrich synthesizes recent Russian research (in some cases new even to specialists) with Western criticism to advance a unique series of hypotheses and generalizations. "Music in Russian Poetry" will be an indispensable tool for students of Russian lyric poetry, and will also be of great interest to all those interested in comparative, structural, and (auto)biographical approaches to lyric poetry and poetic culture." |