After Lermontov: Translations for the Bicentenary [Russian]

by Mikhail Lermontov

Bursting into print with an impassioned poem on the death of Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov attracted unfavorable attention from the authorities while enjoying a high reputation in literary circles and beyond. He was of Scottish descent, and this bilingual volume celebrates him with new translations by 14 translator-poets, mostly Scottish. Although Lermontov declared in one poem that he was "not Byron," he was greatly influenced by his reading of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Russian
• ISBN: 1847772757
• ISBN13: 9781847772756
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"