Verses and versions : three centuries of Russian poetry

Author(s)

• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
• Boyd, Brian
• Shvabrin, Stanislav

Bibliographic Information

Verses and versions : three centuries of Russian poetry

selected and translated by Vladimir Nabokov ; edited by Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin ; introduction by Brian Boyd

Harcourt, c2008

1st ed

Note

English and Russian in parallel translation

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Summary: Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are Nabokov's English translations of Russian verse, presented next to the Russian originals, as well as three never-before-published poems written in English by Nabokov himself. Here, also, are some of his notes on the dangers and thrills of translation

Details

• NCID: BA89065837
• ISBN:
  • 9780151012640
• LCCN: 2008013726
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engrus
• Place of Publication: Orlando
• Pages/Volumes: xxxv, 441 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PG3237.E5
  • DC22 : 891.71008
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Russian poetry -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Russian poetry