Research Catalog

Title

Witness and transformation : the poetics of Gennady Aygi / Sarah Valentine.

Author

Valentine, Sarah, 1977-

Publication

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2015.

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Details

Description

xii, 201 pages; 24 cm

Summary

A first full-length critical study of Chuvash-born poet Gennady Aygi (1934-2006), who is considered the father of late-Soviet avant-garde Russian poetry, this book charts the development of Aygi{u0092}s poetics, which draws equally on Russian poetic and religious tradition, European literature and philosophy, and Chuvash literature, folk culture, and cosmology. Moving chronologically through Aygi{u0092}s life and work from the 1950s to his final work in the early 2000s, the book concludes with an interview with American poet Fanny Howe about the importance of Aygi{u0092}s work in translation. The volume places Aygi in the context of twentieth-century poetry of witness and reveals the global significance of his work.

Series Statement

Liber Primus

Uniform Title

Liber Primus.

Subject

• Aĭgi, Gennadiĭ, 1934-2006 > Criticism and interpretation
• Aĭgi, Gennadiĭ, 1934-2006
• Aĭgi, Gennadiĭ, 1934-2006
• 1900-talet
• Sekelskiftet 2000
• Experimental poetry, Russian > History and criticism
• Poetics
• Experimental poetry, Russian

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-193) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781618114433
• 1618114433
• 9781618114440 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 881039146
• SCSB-12020985

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library