Batyushkov Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54614-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Russian Library

Konstantin Batyushkov was one of the great poets of the Golden Age of Russian literature. Peter France interweaves Batyushkov’s life and writings, presenting masterful new translations of his work with the compelling story of Batyushkov’s career as a soldier, diplomat, and poet and his tragic decline into mental illness at the age of thirty-four.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Batyushkov, Konstantin

Weitere Mitwirkende

France, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Vologda to St. Petersburg
2. War and Peace
3. The City and the Country
4. Back to War
5. The Return of Odysseus
6. Arzamas and the Essays
7. To Italy
8. Into the Dark
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Konstantin Batyushkov (1787-1855) was a celebrated Russian poet and essayist. He served in three campaigns of the Napoleonic wars and was posted to Naples on diplomatic service before succumbing to incurable mental illness in 1822.

Peter France is honorary fellow and professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh. He has translated French and Russian prose texts as well as the works of many Russian poets, most recently Lermontov, Baratynsky, Mandelstam, and Aygi.