02890nam 2200565 450 991046629800332120200520144314.01-61811-444-110.1515/9781618114440(CKB)3710000000616183(EBL)4454564(MiAaPQ)EBC4454564(DE-B1597)540952(OCoLC)945564246(DE-B1597)9781618114440(Au-PeEL)EBL4454564(CaPaEBR)ebr11205030(CaONFJC)MIL907340(EXLCZ)99371000000061618320160408h20152015 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWitness and transformation the poetics of Gennady Aygi /Sarah ValentineBoston :Academic Studies Press,2015.©20151 online resource (214 p.)Liber PrimusDescription based upon print version of record.1-61811-443-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-193) and index.Front matter --Contents --A Note on Transliteration --Acknowledgements --Introduction --Chapter One: Chuvash Poetics: Forming an Aesthetic --Chapter Two: The Moscow Neo-Avant-Garde --Chapter Three: Three Poems Called "Silence": The Human-Word as Divine Mystery --Chapter Four: Poem as Reliquary: Violence, Elegy, Witness --Chapter Five: After the Fall: Poetry of the 1990's and 2000's --Final Thoughts: A Conversation with Fanny Howe on Poetry Crossing Borders --Bibliography --IndexA first full-length critical study of Chuvash-born poet Gennady Aygi (1934-2006), who is considered the father of late-Soviet avant-garde Russian poetry, this book charts the development of Aygi's poetics, which draws equally on Russian poetic and religious tradition, European literature and philosophy, and Chuvash literature, folk culture, and cosmology. Moving chronologically through Aygi's life and work from the 1950's to his final work in the early 2000's, the book concludes with an interview with American poet Fanny Howe about the importance of Aygi's work in translation. The volume places Aygi in the context of twentieth-century poetry of witness and reveals the global significance of his work.Liber Primus (Series)Experimental poetry, RussianHistory and criticismPoeticsElectronic books.Experimental poetry, RussianHistory and criticism.Poetics.891.71/44Valentine Sarah1977-1053844MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466298003321Witness and transformation2485976UNINA