1st Edition

Nightingale Fever Russian Poets in Revolution

By Ronald Hingley Copyright 1981
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1981, examines the dramatic and tragic stories of four of the greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century, their struggle to survive the Stalin years, and their dedication to their art despite considerable personal danger. Interweaving the stories of Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetayeva, the noted Russian scholar Ronald Hingley... Read more

Part 1. Peace and War (1889-1921)  1. Motive for Murder  2. Torture by Happiness  3. Cloudburst of Light  4. My Craft Adrift  5. Black Velvet  Part 2. Between Convulsions (1921-1930)  6. Herbs for Alien Tribe  7. Rebel in Head and Womb  8. Time’s Great Dislocation  9. Loving and Lopping  Part 3. Terror and Beyond (1930-1966)  10. Frolics and Pitfalls  11. Harder to Breathe  12. Doom’s Black Whisper  13. All Change for Freedom Camp  14. Old Style, New Style  15. Two Voices Calling

Biography

Ronald Hingley