Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 424 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 724 g
Conversations with Tomas Venclova
Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 424 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 724 g
Reihe: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe
ISBN: 978-1-58046-586-1
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
Interweaves Eastern European postwar history, dissidence, and literature to expand our understanding of the significance of this important Lithuanian writer.
Magnetic North: Conversations with Tomas Venclova is a book in the European tradition of works such as Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz and Aleksander Wat's classic My Century. Taking the form of an extendedinterview with Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova, the book interweaves Eastern European postwar history, dissidence, and literature. Venclova, who personally knew Akhmatova, Pasternak, Milosz, Brodsky, and many others, was also one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group, one of the first human rights organizations in Eastern Europe. Magnetic North provides an in-depth account of ethical choices and artistic resistance to totalitarianism over a half century. It also details Venclova's artistic work, expanding our understanding of the significance of this writer, whose books are central to contemporary European culture.
The publication of this book was supported by the Lithuanian Culture Institute.
Tomas Venclova is a Lithuanian poet, writer, scholar, and translator. He is Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. Ellen Hinsey is the author of numerous works of poetry, essay, and literary translation. Her most recent book is Mastering the Past: Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe and the Rise of Illiberalism.
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Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Map of Lithuania
Introduction: Magnetic North, Iron and Grace - Ellen Hinsey
Part One
1. Childhood and Family
2. The Soviets: 1939-1941
3. War Years: 1941-1944
4. Return of the Soviets
5. Postwar and Culture
6. Gymnasium
7. Antanas Venclova
8. Vilnius University
9. 1956 and Khrushchev's Secret Speech
Part Two
10. Boris Pasternak
11. Study Group and the KGB
12. Moscow: 1961-1964
13. Anna Akhmatova
14. Sign of Speech
15. Joseph Brodsky
16. Civil Society and Dissidence
17. The Lithuanian and Moscow Helsinki Groups
18. Preparation for Exile
Part Three
19. Czeslaw Milosz and Berkeley
20. Travels: Exile as Good Luck
21. The Junction: Poems
Notes
Works by Tomas Venclova
Index of Names
