{"product_id":"boris-pasternak-volume-1-1890-1928-a-literary-biography-hardback-9780521259576","title":"Boris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890–1928; A Literary Biography (Hardback) 9780521259576","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBoris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890–1928\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Literary Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Barnes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521259576, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 November 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e528 pages, 34 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 4.4 cm, 0.965 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Christopher Barnes's book … rests on a mountain of scholarly research: when completed, it is likely to become the definitive reference work to Pasternak's life.' The Sunday Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis authoritative new biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak is the first part of a two-volume set, covering the period 1890-1928. Drawing on archives and many eyewitness accounts, Barnes' study sheds light on currently unexplored aspects of Pasternak's character and family background, and his artistic, social and historical environment. He combines biographical investigation with detailed textual analysis of translated quotations in verse and prose to reveal the source of Pasternak's extraordinary writings. The book examines a wide range of topics that include his musical enthusiasm and relations with Scriabin, his philosophical studies, his activities in World War I and his response to the 1917 revolutions, and his stance as a liberal artistic intellectual in the 1920s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Origins and infancy\u003cbr\u003e 2. School and Scriabin\u003cbr\u003e 3. Revolution and Berlin\u003cbr\u003e 4. Youth's impressions, literature and music\u003cbr\u003e 5. Literature, love and creativity\u003cbr\u003e 6. Philosophy in Moscow and Marburg\u003cbr\u003e 7. A literary launch\u003cbr\u003e 8. Wartime in the Urals and Over the Barriers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Quiet Hills and revolution\u003cbr\u003e 10. Civil war activities\u003cbr\u003e 11. Berlin interlude\u003cbr\u003e 12. Malady Sublime and the air of history\u003cbr\u003e 13. The epic age\u003cbr\u003e 14. Breaches, losses, and lyric revival\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Biography: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biography: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biography:%20general%20%5BBG%5D%22\"\u003eBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006128509208,"sku":"9780521259576","price":137.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521259576i_9987ea8e-0440-493b-baa8-cb5e1a661148.jpg?v=1691374128","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/boris-pasternak-volume-1-1890-1928-a-literary-biography-hardback-9780521259576","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}