Marina Tsvetaeva: The Essential Poetry

Marina Tsvetaeva: The Essential Poetry Includes Translations By Michael M. Naydan And Slava I. Yastremski Of Lyric Poetry From All Of Great Modernist Russian Poet Marina TsvetaevaS Published Collections And From All Periods Of Her Life. It Also Includes A Translation Of Two Of TsvetaevaS Masterpieces In The Genre Of The Long Poem, Poem Of The End And Poem Of The Mountain. The Collection Strives To Present The Best Of TsvetaevaS Poetry In A Small Single Volume And To Give A Representative Overview Of TsvetaevaS High Art And Development Of Different Poetic Styles Over The Course Of Her Creative Lifetime. Also Included In The Volume Are A Guest Introduction By Eminent American Poet Tess Gallagher, A TranslatorS Introduction And Extensive Endnotes. Naydan And Yastremski Have Previously Published A WellReceived Annotated Translation Of TsvetaevaS Collection After Russia With Ardis Publishers. The Fourteen Previously Published Translations From The After Russia Collection Have Been Revised For This Volume. ***** A Tragic Figure In Russian Literature, Marina Tsvetaeva Is Mentioned In The Same Heights Of Her Distinguished Contemporaries Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam And Boris Pasternak. She Published Her First Collection Of Intimate Lyric Poetry At Her Own Expense In 1910 Under The Title Evening Album, Which Garnered Positive Reactions From Several Prominent Poets, Who By Happenstance Reviewed It. She Published Her Second Collection Magic Lantern In 1912 And A Compilation From Her First Two Collections From Two Books In 1913. Both Publications Marked Her Early Years In Poetry. To Follow Was Her Mature Period That Was Shadowed By A Romantic Fiasco And Childbirth In TsvetaevaS Life, And Social Turbulence In The Old Russia That Impacted Her Family. Despite Severe Hardship, TsvetaevaS Creative Output Was On The Rise During The Years Of The Russian Civil War From 19171922. Her Daughter Irina Died Of Malnutrition At Age 3 In 1920, A Tragedy That Sparked A Series O