{"product_id":"the-testimonies-of-russian-and-albena-lutzkanova-vassileva-9781501322662","title":"The Testimonies of Russian and American Postmodern Poetry","description":"This book challenges the belief in the purely linguistic nature of contemporary poetry and offers an interpretation of late twentieth-century Russian poetry as a testimony to the unforeseen annulment of communist reality and its overnight displacement by a completely unfathomable post-totalitarian order. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbena Lutzkanova-Vassileva argues that, because of the sudden invalidation of a reality that had been largely seen as unattained and everlasting, this shift remained secluded from the mind and totally resistant to cognition, thus causing a collectively traumatic psychological experience. The book proceeds by inquiring into a school of contemporary American poetry that has been likewise read as cut off from reality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExecuting a comparative analysis, Vassileva advances a new understanding of this poetry as a testimony to the overwhelming and traumatic impact of contemporary media, which have assailed the mind with far more signals than it can register, digest and furnish with semantic weight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albena Lutzkanova-Vassileva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501322664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501322662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Albena Lutzkanova-Vassileva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425298071807,"sku":"9781501322662","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_05e0fb44-e383-496f-ba46-47dc7cc00d1e.jpg?v=1761538276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-testimonies-of-russian-and-albena-lutzkanova-vassileva-9781501322662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}