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Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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Invaluable... [What] comes across in these translations is the verve and immediacy of the poems' occasions. Seamus Heaney A groundbreaking translation of the brilliant first book by one of the twentieth century's most important poets. Stone, Osip Mandelstam's 1913 debut, marked the arrival of perhaps the...
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Invaluable... [What] comes across in these translations is the verve and immediacy of the poems' occasions. Seamus Heaney
A groundbreaking translation of the brilliant first book by one of the twentieth century's most important poets.
Stone, Osip Mandelstam's 1913 debut, marked the arrival of perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century, one whose refusal to bow to Soviet political and artistic dictates led to his persecution and eventual death in one of Stalin's prison camps. Mandelstam spent his early years in St. Petersburg, and many of the poems in Stone depict the city's vast squares, classical buildings, and Dutch canals. Other poems reflect his hunger for Western European culture, his commitment to humanistic values, and his ambition to become a master of the Russian language.
This bilingual edition is based on the final version of Stone, published in 1928, and features a biographical and critical introduction and detailed annotations.
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ISBN: 9780691284569
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 March 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Robert Tracy
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Osip Mandelstam (18911938) was one of the most important Russian poets of the twentieth century. His other books include The Noise of Time, The Egyptian Stamp, and Journey to Armenia. He was born in Warsaw, then under Russian rule, and died in one of Stalin's prison camps near Vladivostok.
Robert Tracy (19282020) was an esteemed translator, literary critic, and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
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