Russian poet, Soviet Jew : the legacy of Eduard Bagritskii

Author(s)

• Shrayer, Maxim

Bibliographic Information

Russian poet, Soviet Jew : the legacy of Eduard Bagritskii

Maxim D. Shrayer

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000

• :alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work explores the problem of Jewish identity in the early Soviet period by examining the short career of Eduard Bagritskii, a Russian-Jewish poet. The book investigates what it meant to be both Russian and Jewish, and looks at why Bagritskii became the target of anti-Semitic attacks.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Bagritskii's Jewish, Russian, and Soviet legacy. Part 1 The major Jewish texts: "Origin" - English translation
• "February" - English translation with notes on the text. Part 2 The poetics and politics of Russian-Jewish identity: trials of Bagritskii's Las Testament
• Babel, Bagritskii, and the Jewish trauma of rejection
• the language of Jews and the Russian Silver Age
• Jewish identity and the Russian Revolution
• Jewish self-hatred, Russian anti-Semitism, and Bagritskii's Judaic theme (a propos a conversation with Stanislav Kuniaev). Conclusion: has he "made her wilderness like Eden"? a chronology of life and works. Appendix: Russia text of the poems.

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Details

• NCID: BA54936334
• ISBN:
  • 0742507807
• LCCN: 00025454
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lanham, MD
• Pages/Volumes: 163 p., [12] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PG3476.B23
  • DC21 : 891.71/42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bagrit︠s︡kiĭ, Ėduard, 1895-1934 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Russian poetry -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism