The Poetry and Poetics of Olga Sedakova: Origins, Philosophies, Points of Contention (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780299320102)

Olga Sedakova stands out among contemporary Russian poets for the integrity, erudition, intellectual force, and moral courage of her writing. After years of flourishing quietly in the late Soviet underground, she has increasingly brought her considered voice into public debates to speak out for freedom of belief and for those who have been treated unjustly. This volume, the first collection of scholarly essays to treat her work in English, assesses her contributions as a poet and as a thinker, presenting far-reaching accounts of broad themes and patterns of thought across her writings as well as close readings of individual texts.

Essayists from Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, and the United States show how Sedakova has contributed to ongoing aesthetic and cultural debates. Like Sedakova's own work, the volume affirms the capacity of words to convey meaning and to change our understanding of life itself. The volume also includes dozens of elegant new translations of Sedakova's poems.

Author: Stephanie Sandler
ISBN-10: 0299320103
ISBN-13: 9780299320102
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2019
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2019