Alexsandr Blok: a Life by Nina Berberova
Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), the leader of the Symbolist Movement, was one of Russia's greatest modern poets. An inspiration to many modern Russian poets well-known in the West, most notably Pasternak, this account of his life is one of the few books on this important poet available in English. A member of the Russian aristocracy, Blok lived through a period in which a traditional world was being destroyed and a new, often alarming utopia was emerging. After years of expressing disdain for politics, he became an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution, changing from a detached observer to a committed servant of the Russian people. This change is reflected in the shift in his work away from his early poetic mysticism to the historical vision of his most famous poem, The Twelve. This account of his life and his art, written by the novelist and autobiographer Nina Berberova, evokes the troubled world of the Russian intelligentsia, their illusions, and their disarray in the face of revolution. Blok's complicated emotional life, his passion for his art, and his public stature are conveyed with economy, elegance, and deep understanding.Nina Nikolaevena Berberova was born in St. Petersburg in 1901 and died in 1993. Petersburg is a city in Russia. After the revolution in Russia in 1922, she moved to Paris with her lover Vladislav Khodasevich in 1925. She relocated to the United States. In 1950, he went to Yale and Princeton to teach. She was made a Knight of the French Order of Arts and Letters in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807614082 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807614084 |
| Title | Alexsandr Blok: a Life |
| Author | Nina Berberova |
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| Publisher | George Braziller Inc |
| Year published | 1996-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 146 |
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