Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West

by Clare Cavanagh

Book Overview

Winner of the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism

Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics explores the intersection of poetry, national life, and national identity in Poland and Russia, from 1917 to the present. As a corrective to recent trends in criticism, acclaimed translator and critic Clare Cavanagh demonstrates how the practice of the personal lyric in totalitarian states such as Russia and Poland did not represent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300152965
• ISBN13: 9780300152968
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"