Pro Eto by Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Arc Publications, 2009. Binding: Paperback 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 with sound and form, linguistic metamorphosis and variation made him a sort of 'poet's poet', the doyen, if not the envy, of his contemporaries, Pasternak among them). His poetry, influenced by Whitman and Verhaeren and strangely akin to modern rock poetry in its erotic thrust, bluesy complaints and cries of pain, not to mention its sardonic humour, is at once aggressive, mocking and tender, and often fantastic or grotesque. Pro Eto - That's What is a long love poem detailing the pain and suffering inflicted on the poet by his lover and her final rejection of him. But as well as being an agonising parable of separation and betrayal, it is also a political work, highly critical of Lenin's… Read More

Arc Publications , pp. 176 . Papeback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. Part love poem, part political diatribe and the most autobiographical of Mayakovsky's works, this title confirms Mayakovsky as one of the towering figures of Russian literature.

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Arc Publications [INPRESS], 2008. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 8.46x5.47x0.47 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.