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The Pillar of FireSelected PoemsNikolay GumilyovTranslated by Richard McKane
Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (256 pages) (Pub. Aug 1999) 9780856463105 Out of Stock
This is the first major selection to appear in Britain from one of the finest poets of the Silver Age of Russian literature. The rich, exotic poetry of Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921) draws on his extensive travels in Europe and Africa. Its deepest concerns are man’s inner being and striving for spiritual fulfilment. He was shot in 1921, unjustly accused of complicity in an anti-Bolshevik plot. His poems were banned and were not published in Russia until the late 1980s. Richard McKane’s fluent translations are complemented by a full introduction and detailed notes by the leading western Gumilyov scholar, Michael Basker. An appendix includes nine poems by Anna Akhmatova relating to Gumilyov. |
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