Magnetic north : conversations with Tomas Venclova /

Magnetic North: Conversations with Tomas Venclova interweaves Eastern European postwar history, dissidence, and literature. Venclova, who personally knew Akhmatova, Pasternak, Milosz, Brodsky, and many others was also one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. Magnetic North...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hinsey, Ellen (Author), Venclova, Tomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, New York : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Series:Rochester studies in East and Central Europe.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Authors, Lithuanian > 20th century > Interviews.
Écrivains lituaniens > 20e siècle > Entretiens.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
Authors, Lithuanian.
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Magnetic North: Conversations with Tomas Venclova interweaves Eastern European postwar history, dissidence, and literature. Venclova, who personally knew Akhmatova, Pasternak, Milosz, Brodsky, and many others was also one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. Magnetic North provides an in-depth account of ethical choices and artistic resistance to totalitarianism over a half century. It also details Venclova's artistic work expanding our understanding of the significance of this writer, whose books are central to contemporary Eastern European culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (426 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-393) and index.
ISBN:1787440400
9781787440401
9781787441231
1787441237

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