After Lermontov: Translations For The Bicentenary Peter France Carcanet Press Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Mikhail Lermontov (1814 - 41) Is Best Known In The West Today As Author Of Novel A Hero Our Time But At His Death Aged Only 26 He Was Widely Regarded Russia\ S Greatest Living Poet Achieved Almost Instant Fame 1837 With \ On Poet\ Tribute To Pushkin Whose Duel Foreshadowed Lermontov\ Own Over Course Next Four Years Went Write Many Short Poems Both Lyric And Satirical Two Long Verse Narratives Particularly For Depictions Caucasus Where Exiled Taking Part Battles Such One Described Poem Valerik\ Traced Ancestry Scotland This Book Offers Scottish Perspective Russian Most Translators Are Or Have Connections Some Translated Into Scots Peter France Writes Introduction Bicentennial Volume Aims Bring New Readership By Enabling Them Live Again\ English Σελίδες: 224