Under the Sign of Contradiction: Mandelstam and the Politics of Memory

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Product ID:	9781787070516
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Under the Sign of Contradiction
Subtitle:	Mandelstam and the Politics of Memory
Authors:	Author: Anna Razumnaya
Page Count:	272
Subjects:	Biography: general, Biography: general
Description:	The book revisits the final decade in the life of Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), a central poet of Russian Modernism. Premised on the belief that no life can be understood without insight into its contradictions, the book attends to the two contentious cruxes of Mandelstam’s life and art: his testifying against his closest friends to the secret police and his composition, in exile, of an ode in praise of Stalin. Offering a close reading of the protocols of Mandelstam’s interrogations, a critical reflection on the nature of the «Ode» and an unflinching yet humane interpretation of the connecting events, the book pursues the dramatic arc of Mandelstam’s imaginative involvement with the politics of the Soviet state, revealing the perennial aspects of his case in dialogue with poets and critics in the English language, from Andrew Marvell to William Empson. In doing so, the book contemplates Mandelstam – a poet of «longing for world culture» – as a phenomenon of Western literature at large.
Imprint Name:	Peter Lang Ltd
Publisher Name:	Peter Lang Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2021-04-28

Weight	500 g
Dimensions	151 × 229 × 19 mm