Boris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890-1928: A Literary Biography

Christopher Barnes (University of Toronto)

Boris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890-1928: A Literary Biography
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
9 November 1989
Pages
528
ISBN
9780521259576

Boris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890-1928: A Literary Biography

Christopher Barnes (University of Toronto)

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. He combines biographical investigation with detailed textual analysis of translated quotations in verse and prose to reveal the source of Pasternak’s extraordinary writings. The book examines a wide range of topics that include his musical enthusiasm and relations with Scriabin, his philosophical studies, his activities in World War I and his response to the 1917 revolutions, and his stance as a liberal artistic intellectual in the 1920s.

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