{"product_id":"joseph-brodsky-a-poet-for-our-time-paperback-9780521111461","title":"Joseph Brodsky; A Poet for our Time (Paperback) 9780521111461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJoseph Brodsky\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Poet for our Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eValentina Polukhina locates Brodsky in relation to other Russian writers from Derzhavin to Akhmatova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValentina Polukhina (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521111461, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Russian poet Joseph Brodsky has in recent years commanded increasing attention among both Russian specialists and a wider audience interested in modern culture. In 1987 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. This book, the first in English to be devoted entirely to him, presents a sustained and comprehensive analysis of his work to date, and offers an interpretation of his major themes: love, faith, creation, time, exile and empire. Individual poems are closely scrutinised to show the complexity and sophistication of Brodsky's ideas about perennial human problems, and the ways in which his language conveys his perception of certain values. Valentina Polukhina locates Brodsky in relation to other Russian writers from Derzhavin to Akhmatova, as well as drawing comparisons between his work and poetry in English. She also provides a comprehensive bibliography. Her book constitutes a timely study of the poetry and poetics, style and ideas of one of the most important poets of the twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgement\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A Stepson of the Empire: 1. The generation of 1956\u003cbr\u003e 2. A new pre-Gutenberg epoch\u003cbr\u003e 3. The northern exile\u003cbr\u003e 4. A change of empires\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Longing for World Culture: 5. In defence of culture\u003cbr\u003e 6. A modern descendant of classicism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Elegies to the admired dead: John Donne, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Mask of Metaphor: 8. A web of metaphors\u003cbr\u003e 9. Similarity in disparity\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ars est celare artem\u003cbr\u003e 11. A form of identity of two versions\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Words Devouring Things: 12. Thing - Veshch\u003cbr\u003e 13. Man - thing - number\u003cbr\u003e 14. Man - word - spirit\u003cbr\u003e 15. An intellectual and poetic tour de force\u003cbr\u003e Part V. A Song of Disobedience: 16. Poet versus empire\u003cbr\u003e 17. A masochistic joy\u003cbr\u003e 18. Speaking into silence\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Image of Alienation: 19. A stern metaphysical realist\u003cbr\u003e 20. Man against time and space\u003cbr\u003e 21. Credo quia absurdum est\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: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\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":46004467302680,"sku":"9780521111461","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521111461i_6f416d58-4809-4f01-9655-8c0bbd5f9bfe.jpg?v=1691371204","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/joseph-brodsky-a-poet-for-our-time-paperback-9780521111461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}