Author Description
Edited by Yevgeny Pasternak, Yelena Pasternak, and Konstantin M. AzadovskyThe summer of 1926 was a time of trouble and uncertainty for each of the three poets whose correspondence is collected in this moving volume. Marina Tsvetayeva was living in exile in France and struggling to get by. Boris Pasternak was in Moscow, trying to come to terms with the new Bolshevik regime. Rainer Maria Rilke, in Switzerland, was dying. Though hardly known to each other, they began to correspond, exchanging a series of searching letters in which every aspect of life and work is discussed with extraordinary intensity and passion. Summer 1926 takes the reader into the hearts and minds of three of the twentieth century's greatest poets at a moment of maximum emotional and creative pressure.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the intersection of personal crisis and creative output through the correspondence of three major twentieth-century poets during a period of intense geopolitical and physical instability. The editors, Yevgeny Pasternak, Yelena Pasternak, and Konstantin M. Azadovsky, curate a collection of letters that document the final months of Rainer Maria Rilke’s life alongside the struggles of Marina Tsvetayeva and Boris Pasternak. The book argues that the act of writing served as a vital mechanism for these figures to process exile, political oppression, and mortality.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Primary source correspondence between Rilke, Tsvetayeva, and Pasternak
- Contextual analysis of the political climate in 1926 France and the Soviet Union
- Biographical insights into the poets' personal and professional challenges
Scope Limits
- The collection is limited to the specific correspondence occurring during the summer of 1926
- It does not provide a comprehensive biography of any of the three poets outside of this specific timeframe
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and literary critics frequently cite this collection as a vital primary source for understanding the psychological state of these poets during a period of profound transition. Readers often note the high emotional density of the prose, which provides a window into the private anxieties of three of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century.
Page Count:
262
Publication Date:
1988-01-01
ISBN-10:
0192821768
ISBN-13:
9780192821768
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