Can a poetic anthology be turned into an autobiography? Peter Vail is convinced that it is possible — provided that the poems included in it are not accidental, but filled with a special, personal meaning for the compiler.
Can a poetic anthology be turned into an autobiography? Peter Vail is convinced that it is possible — provided that the poems included in it are not accidental, but filled with a special, personal meaning for the compiler. The backbone of Weil’s new book is 55 poems by Russian poets of the XNUMXth century that are significant for him, from Innokenty Annensky to Sergei Gandlevsky.
Each of them becomes an occasion for a detailed statement-essay, equally shedding light on the cultural realities underlying it, and on the spiritual path of the author who selected and united them under one cover.
Hummingbird, 688 p.