Pro Eto - That's What (ARC Classics: New Translations of Great Poetry of the Past)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1904614310 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Great edition of Pro Eto" according to Katherine M. Hill. The reproductions of Rodchenko's images are exceptionally well done in this edition. My only issue is that the translation is often unfaithful to Mayakovsky's poem. Mayakovsky is particularly difficult to translate, so it is no surprise, but there are glaringly strange choices made in this translation which alter the meaning of certain lines significantly.. Fun read if you're into Russian literature and culture Fun read if you're into Russian literature and culture, and having both languages is key for a language major like myself. Not a perfect translation it seems, so far, and the location aspect gets frustrating at times, but overall a great way to have this book
The publication of That's What is something of a landmark for not only is this the first time that this seminal work has appeared in its entirety in translation, but it is illustrated with the 11 inspired photomontages that Alexander Rodchenko designed to interleave and illuminate the text, illustrations which inaugurate a world of new possibilities in combining verbal and visual forms of expression and which are reproduced in colour (as originally conceived) for the first time.. Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post-revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man (he often employed the rough talk of the streets and revolutionary rhetoric in his poetry) as to other poets (his creative fascination w
H. Moving back to Moscow, he worked for the Russian State Telegraph Agency (ROSTA), creating satirical Agitprop posters, and in 1919, he published his first full collection, Collected Works 1909-1919. She began studying English at the age of eight, and graduated in English Philology and Literature at Moscow State University, before writing a postgraduate dissertation on Jane Austen and Iris Murdoch. His reputation as a poet, both in Russia and abroad, was established in the period leading up to the Russian Revolution, with his first major poem, 'A Cloud in Trousers', appearing in 1915, the same year in which he fell in love with his publisher's wife, Lily Brik. He has edited major reference books on contemporary world literature and on world film directors, and has also published stories, essays and reviews and given radio talks on the BBC a
. In retirement, he is learning Greek and Japanese and has taken up the saxophone, and spends as much time as possible in his flat in Hania, Crete. Mayakovsky's popularity grew rapidly, both at home and abroad and, as one of the few Soviet writers allowed to travel freely, he visited Latvia, Britain, Germany, the USA, Mexico and Cuba, as well as travelling extensively in the Soviet Union itself. Lawre