Informationen zum Autor Donald Loewen Klappentext The book shows how three of Russia's most important twentieth century poets used autobiographical prose to defend poetry and the poet in an era when poetry was under attack. It juxtaposes these autobiographies with each other and with the culturo-political events that followed Russia's 1917 October Revolution in a way that has never previously been attempted. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Endangered Genre, Endangered Artist Chapter 2 Early Warning Signs Chapter 3 The Search for Safe Passage Chapter 4 Fighting for Breath Chapter 5 The Poet's Birthright Chapter 6 A Survivor's Story

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Donald Loewen

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The book shows how three of Russia's most important twentieth century poets used autobiographical prose to defend poetry and the poet in an era when poetry was under attack. It juxtaposes these autobiographies with each other and with the culturo-political events that followed Russia's 1917 October Revolution in a way that has never previously been attempted.

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Chapter 1 Endangered Genre, Endangered Artist
Chapter 2 Early Warning Signs
Chapter 3 The Search for Safe Passage
Chapter 4 Fighting for Breath
Chapter 5 The Poet's Birthright
Chapter 6 A Survivor's Story