Mayakovsky: A Poet in the Revolution

Edward J. Brown

ISBN 10: 1557780021 / ISBN 13: 9781557780027

Published by Paragon House, 1988

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Some edgewear on pages with scuffing on spine and cover corners. Copyright 1973 by Princeton University Press; Reprinted in First paperback edition, 1988. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mayakovsky: A Poet in the Revolution
• Publisher: Paragon House
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557780021
• ISBN 13: 9781557780027
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

An absorbing portrait of an extraordinary man, an analysis of the work of a great Russian poet, and the evocation of a crucial period in Russian cultural history--all are combined in Edward J. Brown's literary biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky. It is the only book to reveal the whole Mayakovsky, not just aspects of his tortured personality or artistic work, and will be immediately recognized as definitive.

Mayakovsky contributed to the cultural life of Soviet Russia not only as a lyric poet but as a playwright, graphic artist, and satirist of the conventional art forms of his day. By examining his art in terms of his life, Edward Brown shows how intensely personal it was and how bound up in the literary and political history of his time. The intellectual turmoil of the period is skillfully re-created, especially the nature, ambience, and personalities of Russian futurism. Above all, the book reveals the man--a committed Bolshevik and a dedicated artist, but also a hypochondriac, compulsive gambler, and eventual suicide.

Originally published in 1973.

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