Andrei Voznesensky (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Other Literary Forms
Andrei Voznesensky is known primarily for his lyric poetry; however, he has produced a body of experimental work that challenges the borders between literary forms. For example, his long work “Oza” (1964) is a literary montage alternating verse with prose passages and incorporating several points of view. Avos (1972; Story Under Full Sail, 1974), based on the life of the Russian diplomat and explorer Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, is sometimes classified as poetry, sometimes as prose. Voznesensky’s prose writings include a short memoir, “I...
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