Writings From The Golden Age Of Russian Poetry (russian Library)
by Konstantin Batyushkov /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Konstantin Batyushkov was one of the great poets of the Golden Age
of Russian literature in the early nineteenth century. His verses,
famous for their musicality, earned him the admiration of Alexander
Pushkin and generations of Russian poets to come. In
Konstantin Batyushkov was one of the great poets of the Golden Age
of Russian literature in the early nineteenth century. His verses,
famous for their musicality, earned him the admiration of Alexander
Pushkin and generations of Russian poets to come. InWritings
from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry
Writings
from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, 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.
, 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.
Little known among non-Russian readers, Batyushkov left a varied
body of writing, both in verse and in prose, as well as memorable
letters to friends. France nests a substantial selection of his
sprightly epistles on love, friendship, and social life, his often
tragic elegies, and extracts from his essays and letters within
episodes of his remarkable life―particularly appropriate for a poet
whose motto was “write as you live, and live as you write.”
Batyushkov’s writing reflects the transition from the urbane
sociability of the Enlightenment to the rebellious sensibility of
Pushkin and Lermontov; it spans the Napoleonic Wars and the rapid
social and literary change from Catherine the Great to Nicholas I.
Presenting Batyushkov’s poetry of feeling and wit alongside his
troubled life,
Little known among non-Russian readers, Batyushkov left a varied
body of writing, both in verse and in prose, as well as memorable
letters to friends. France nests a substantial selection of his
sprightly epistles on love, friendship, and social life, his often
tragic elegies, and extracts from his essays and letters within
episodes of his remarkable life―particularly appropriate for a poet
whose motto was “write as you live, and live as you write.”
Batyushkov’s writing reflects the transition from the urbane
sociability of the Enlightenment to the rebellious sensibility of
Pushkin and Lermontov; it spans the Napoleonic Wars and the rapid
social and literary change from Catherine the Great to Nicholas I.
Presenting Batyushkov’s poetry of feeling and wit alongside his
troubled life,Writings from the Golden Age of Russian
Poetry
Writings from the Golden Age of Russian
Poetry makes his verse accessible to English-speaking readers
in a necessary exploration of this transitional moment for Russian
literature.
makes his verse accessible to English-speaking readers
in a necessary exploration of this transitional moment for Russian
literature.