Joseph Brodsky The Art of a Poem [Paperback]

This is an imaginative work of literary criticism. Thirteen scholars have selected a wide variety of Joseph Brodsky's poems written between 1970 and 1994 for detailed discussion in the context of his whole output. The choice of poems reflects Brodsky's diversity of themes and devices. Together they offer a perspective on one of the most original and profound modern poets. This collection should fulfil the often-expressed need for a comprehensive approach to the study of Brodsky's poetry, which is linguistically as well as intellectually demanding.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Foreword Singing Without Music; G.Smith Odysseus to Telemachus; L.Zubova On Zhukov's Death; M.Y.Lotman 1867; R.Timenchik I, Intead of a Wild Beast...'; V.Polukhina To Urania; B.Scherr Lithuanian Nocturne; T.Venclova Galatea Encore; L.Burnett The Thought of You is Going Away...; W.Weststeijn Belfast Tune; R.Reid Darling, Tonight I Went Out Late...; S.Kuznetsov On the Centenary of Anna Akhmatova; L.Loseff To My Daughter; D.Bethea

Brodsky's technically accomplished poems are often obscure, and this admirable, multinational collection will enrich the reading experience of those at the upper-division undergraduate level and above. Choice

DAVID BETHEA Vilas Research Professor of Russian Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USALEON BURNETT Senior Lecturer in Literature, University of EssexSERGEI KUZNETSOV freelance literary and film criticMIKHAIL LOTMAN Professor, Department of Semiotics and Literary Theory, Estonian Institute of Humanities, TallinROBERT REID Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies, Keele UniversityBARRY P. SCHERR Mandel Family Professor of Russian and Associate Dean, Humanities, Dartmouth College, New HampshireGERALD S. SMITH Professor of Russian, University of OxfordROMAN TIMENCHIK Professor of Russian, Hebrew University of JerusalemTOMAS VENCLOVA poet and Professor of Slavic Literature, Yale UniversityWILLEM WESTSTEIJN Professor of Slavic Literature, Unl#Ÿ