num_pages: 352
description: Acclaimed in both Russia and the West as Russia's greatest poet of the 20th century, Osip Mandelstam was also a brilliant writer of prose. These autobiographical essays, reviews, and personal reflections reveal the themes of his finest poems and of his life in Stalinist Russia: the nature of history, both as it is lived and as it is later constructed; the continuity and destruction of cultural tradition, and the essence of poetry itself.
language: English
title: The Complete Critical Prose
titlecomplete: The Complete Critical Prose (Ardis Russian Literature Series)
genres: Poetry, Memoir, Nonfiction, Essays, Russia
ratings_count: 19
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation
publisher: Ardis