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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Magnetic North, Iron and Grace; Childhood and Family; The Soviets: 1939-1941; War Years: 1941-1944; Return of the Soviets; Postwar and Culture; Gymnasium; Antanas Venclova; Vilnius University; 1956 and Khrushchev's Secret Speech; Boris Pasternak; Study Group and the KGB; Moscow: 1961-1964; Anna Akhmatova; Sign of Speech; Joseph Brodsky; Civil Society and Dissidence; The Lithuanian and Moscow Helsinki Groups; Preparation for Exile; Czeslaw Milosz and Berkeley; Travels: Exile as Good Luck; The Junction: Poems; Notes; Works by Tomas Venclova; Index of Names

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