Art in the Light of Conscience : Eight Essays on Poetry

by Tsvetaeva, Marina

• ISBN13: 9781852248642
• ISBN10: 1852248645
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Summary

Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) was one of the four great Russian poets of the 20th century, along with Akhmatova, Mandelstam, and Pasternak. Her richly diverse essays provide incomparable insights into poetry, the poetic process, and what it means to be a poet. First published in English in 1992, Art in the Light of Conscience includes an introduction by the translator, textual notes, and a glossary, as well as revised translations of 12 poems by Tsvetaeva on poets and poetry.

Author Biography

Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) was one of the four great Russian poets of the 20th century, along with Akhmatova, Mandelstam and Pasternak. She also wrote outstanding prose. Endowed with 'phenomenally heightened linguistic sensitivity' (Joseph Brodsky), Tsvetaeva was primarily concerned with the nature of poetic creation and what it means to be a poet. Among the most exciting of all explorations of this theme are the essays 'Art in the Light of Conscience', her spirited defence of poetry; 'The Poet on the Critic', which earned her the enmity of many; and 'The Poet and Time', the key to understanding her work.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Life of Marina Tsvetaeva	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Downpour of Light	p. 21
The Poet on the Critic	p. 39
History of a Dedication (in part)	p. 64
The Poet and Time	p. 87
Epic and Lyric of Contemporary Russia	p. 104
Two Forest Kings	p. 130
Poets with History and Poets without History (in part)	p. 136
Art in the Light of Conscience	p. 149
Twelve Poems	p. 184
Notes to Essays	p. 196
Notes to Poems	p. 208
List of Writers Mentioned by Tsvetaeva	p. 210
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