Journey to Armenia

by Osip Mandelstam

Overview

Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) was a Russian poet and essayist. He visited Armenia in 1930 and was inspired to write an experimental meditation on the country and its ancient culture. Includes the companion piece Conversation About Dante. 'It takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth century literature.' - Bruce Chatwin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910749869
Publisher:	Notting Hill Editions
Publication date:	06/06/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	372 KB

About the Author

Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938) was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia. As an established poet, Mandelstam was unpopular with Soviet authorities and found it increasingly difficult to publish his poetry. The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam and Voronezh Notebooks are published by NYRB.

Henry Gifford (1913–2003) was Winterstoke Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Bristol University.

Sidney Monas is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Texas, Austin.

Clarence Brown (1929–2015) was the author of several works on Osip Mandelstam, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, and editor of The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian Reader.

Editorial Reviews

At once a travel narrative, an allegorical journey, a withering comment on State-Building, a humanist philosophy of life, a preparation for death and a prophecy of resurrection...Journey was the last piece Mandelstam saw published, and it takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth-century literature.” —Bruce Chatwin

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