The Noise of Time: Selected Prose (European Classics) - Softcover

Osip Mandel'shtam; Osip Mandelstam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810119285 ISBN 13: 9780810119284

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Collected prose works by one of Russla's towering literary figures; Osip Mandelstam has in recent years come to be seen as a central figure in European modernism. Though known primarily as a poet, Mandelstam worked in many styles: autobiography, short story, travel writing, and polemic. Mandelstam's biographer, Clarence Brown, presents a collection of the poet's prose works that illuminates Mandelstam's far-ranging talent and places him within the canon of European modernism. This volume includes Mandelstam's ""The Noise of Time,"" a series of autobiographical sketches; ""The Egyptian Stamp,"" a novella echoing Gogol and Dostoevsky; ""Fourth Prose,"" and the famous travel memoirs ""Theodosia"" and ""Journey to Armenia.

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Review:

The most illuminating commentary on Mandelstam in English at the present moment...A work of impeccable scholarship. - Isaiah Berlin, New York Review of Books; ""In this translation, 'Journey to Armenia' takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth century literature."" - Bruce Chatwin

From the Back Cover:

Though known primarily as a poet, Osip Mandelstam worked in many genres. This collection of his works, presented with essays by Mandelstam's biographer, illuminates the poet's accomplishments as a prose stylist and includes "The Noise of Time," a series of autobiographical sketches; "The Egyptian Stamp," a short story echoing Gogol and Dostoevsky; and his famous travel memoirs, "Theodosia" and "Journey to Armenia."

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0810119285
• ISBN 13: 9780810119284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Clarence Brown