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After Lermontov: A Bicentenary Celebration Kindle Edition

by Mikhail Lermontov (Author), Peter France (Editor), Robyn Marsack (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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Bursting into print with an impassioned poem on the death of Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov attracted unfavorable attention from the authorities while enjoying a high reputation in literary circles and beyond. He was of Scottish descent, and this bilingual volume celebrates him with new translations by 14 translator-poets, mostly Scottish. Although Lermontov declared in one poem that he was “not Byron,” he was greatly influenced by his reading of Byron and of Walter Scott. Having served in the Caucasus and taken part in dangerous engagements against the Chechens, like Pushkin he died in a duel of dubious legality. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Mikhail Lermontov's birth, this book celebrates and showcases not only a great Russian writer, but also his Scottish heritage and the wealth of talent among the poets and translators of the United Kingdom and beyond.

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    May 1, 2014
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“[Mikhail Lermontov is] a poet of immense lyric intensity.” —Joseph Brodsky, winner, 1987 Nobel Prize for Literature

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Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) is best known to readers as the author of A Hero of Our Time. Bursting into print with an impassioned poem on the death of Pushkin, he continued to attract unfavorable attention from the authorities while enjoying a high reputation in literary circles and beyond. Having served in the Caucasus, and taken part in dangerous engagements against the Chechens, like Pushkin he died in a duel of dubious legality. Peter France is an eminent scholar and translator of modern Russian poetry. He is joint general editor, with Stuart Gillespie of Glasgow University, of the five-volume Oxford History of Literary Translation in English. Robyn Marsack is an editor, critic, and translator, and is director of the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J1JOK7K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Carcanet Press Ltd. (May 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2411 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 181 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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S Connor
5.0 out of 5 stars Great little collection
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2015
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A great book. Bi-lingual for learners though the sometimes indirect translations mean that you often have to think differently.
I find that this is a great way to read any poems as it forces you in deeper and pay closer attention to the language than you otherwise might.
It is a great insight into a very under-rated (at least in the UK) Russian poet, and I love the slant towards his scottish lineage, something of which he himself seems to have been very much aware.
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William Craw
5.0 out of 5 stars Оченъ хорошо!
Reviewed in France on May 24, 2014
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A great idea which has fully lived up to its promise. The inclusion of translations into scots is particularly welcome, even if Lermontov did not know the language of his ancestors in the East Neuk.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2014
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Excellent, varied new translations - many 'inspired by' rather than literal - well done everyone. For best results LEARN RUSSIAN to read the poems in their many-faceted original magnificence
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2017
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Excellent book
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