The Development of Russian Verse: Meter and Its Meanings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521028141)

This first full-length account of the Russian verse tradition shows how certain formal features are associated with certain genres and specific themes. Keeping technical terms to a minimum and providing English translations of all quotations, Michael Wachtel offers close readings of poems by more than fifty poets from Pushkin to Brodsky, and demonstrates the practical interpretive value of paying attention to poetic form. Ultimately, his book is an inquiry into the nature of literary tradition in a country that has always taken much of its identity from its written legacy.

Author: Michael Wachtel,Wachtel Michael
ISBN-10: 0521028140
ISBN-13: 9780521028141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d