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One Less Hope
Essays on Twentieth-Century Russian Poets
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This collection of essays, which should appeal both to Slavists and students of comparative literature, deals with twelve major twentieth-century Russian poets who, for varied reasons, became estranged from the Soviet state. Some stayed in Russia to become inner émigrés, others chose to go into exile in the West. One less hope, one more song (Akhmatovaâs words), stands both for their suffering and often their deaths, but also for their humanity and poetic achievement.
The poets in question are Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelshtam, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Blok, Sergey Esenin, Nikolay Gumilev, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladislav Khodasevich, Boris Poplavsky, Boris Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky. The whole collection is followed by a cultural perspective of the Russian 19th and 20th centuries.
The poets in question are Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelshtam, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Blok, Sergey Esenin, Nikolay Gumilev, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladislav Khodasevich, Boris Poplavsky, Boris Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky. The whole collection is followed by a cultural perspective of the Russian 19th and 20th centuries.
Until his early retirement Constantin Ponomareff was a professor at the faculty of the University of Toronto from 1960-1995 in the field of Russian Language and Literature and Humanities.
Introduction
Conscience in Anna Akhmatovaâs Poetic Work
Marina Tsvetaevaâs Mystic Path
Vladislav Khodasevichâs Nightmare World
Boris Poplavsky: Poet of Unknown Destination
The Ebb of Joseph Brodskyâs Poetic Inspiration
The Search for the Cosmic Connection in Twentieth-Century Russian Poetry
Nikolay Gumilevâs The Pillar of Fire
Alexander Blokâs The Twelve
Alienation in Sergey Eseninâs Poetry
Osip Mandelshtamâs Stone and Tristia. Poet of Loneliness
Epilogue
A Cultural Perspective
Conscience in Anna Akhmatovaâs Poetic Work
Marina Tsvetaevaâs Mystic Path
Vladislav Khodasevichâs Nightmare World
Boris Poplavsky: Poet of Unknown Destination
The Ebb of Joseph Brodskyâs Poetic Inspiration
The Search for the Cosmic Connection in Twentieth-Century Russian Poetry
Nikolay Gumilevâs The Pillar of Fire
Alexander Blokâs The Twelve
Alienation in Sergey Eseninâs Poetry
Osip Mandelshtamâs Stone and Tristia. Poet of Loneliness
Epilogue
A Cultural Perspective