The Joyous Science: Selected Poems of Maxim Amelin

By maxim amelin

The Joyous Science offers a comprehensive introduction to Maxim Amelin. The poems span Amelin's long career and cover his many thematic concerns. A loving collector of neologisms and a devoted student of Revolutionary word-smithing ( la Mayakovsky), Amelin keeps his poetry in suspension through a tension of opposites. He writes of bodily pleasures while musing on the body's resurrection. He is critical of Russia but loves its language. Riddles, odes, and elegies appear alongside a long poem, "The Joyous Science." This 20-page mock epic chronicles the exploits--both real and imagined--of Jacob Bruce, an astronomer, alchemist, and military strategist to Peter the Great. Amelin is a unique force in contemporary Russian poetry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945680199
• ISBN13: 9781945680199
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: White Pine Press (NY)
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"