Pasternak, Boris (Vol. 7) - Pasternak, Boris 1890–1960
Pasternak, Boris 1890–1960
Although he was particularly distinguished as a Russian poet and intellectual, Pasternak is best known in America for his novel Dr. Zhivago and for his political struggles in the Soviet Union.
From the beginning—from the summer of 1917 when he found himself as a poet—[Pasternak] was concerned with the tangible earth, with nature in all her moods, with the human condition in all its amazing variety. He remains a difficult poet because his vision is intricate and conveyed with an extraordinary density of imagery. He defies translation; and no one has yet succeeded in conveying in English the richness of his vocabulary, the leaping brilliance of his rhythms, the way he gives the impression of writing in a language he has invented this morning. Yet no one could be more tradition-bound. His verse patterns are the simplest imaginable. Unlike his contemporaries, Andrey Byely, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Velimir...
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