Earthly signs
By: Marina Tsvetaeva ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Jamey Gambrell
Contributors: Gambrell, Jamey
Series: Russian literature and thought
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780300069228
Subjects: Translations into English
Work titles: Prose works
Description: "These autobiographical writings, rich sources of information on Tsvetaeva and her literary contemporaries, are also significant for the insights they provide into the sources and methodology of her difficult poetic language. In addition, they supply a unique eyewitness account of a dramatic period in Russian history, told by a gifted and outspoken poet."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: October on the train; title: Free passage; title: My jobs; title: Attic life; title: On love; title: The death of Stakhovich; title: On gratitude; title: Excerpts from the book Earthly signs; title: On Germany; title: From a diary; title: A hero of labor.