Boris Pasternak : a literary biography
Christopher Barnes (Creator)
This authoritative new biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak is the first part of a two-volume set, covering the period 1890-1928. Drawing on archives and many eyewitness accounts, Barnes' study sheds light on currently unexplored aspects of Pasternak's character and family background, and his artistic, social and historical environment.
Print Book, English, 2004
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
[Biographies]
2 vol. (507, 491 p.) : ill.
9780521520720, 9780521520737, 052152072X, 0521520738
1040789011
List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Origins and infancy; 2. School and Scriabin; 3. Revolution and Berlin; 4. Youth's impressions, literature and music; 5. Literature, love and creativity; 6. Philosophy in Moscow and Marburg; 7. A literary launch; 8. Wartime in the Urals and Over the Barriers; 9. Quiet Hills and revolution; 10. Civil war activities; 11. Berlin interlude; 12. Malady Sublime and the air of history; 13. The epic age; 14. Breaches, losses, and lyric revival; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Vol. 1: 1890-1928
Vol. 2: 1928-1960