English Rhythms in Russian Verse: On the Experiment of Joseph Brodsky

by Nila Friedberg

Readers of poetry make aesthetic judgements about verse. It is quite common to hear intuitive statements about poets' rhythms. It is said, for example, that Joseph Brodsky, the Russian poet and 1987 Nobel Prize laureate, "sounds English" when he writes in Russian.

Yet, it is far from clear what this statement means from a linguistic point of view. What is English about Brodsky's Russian poetry? And in what way are his "English" rhythms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311023808X
• ISBN13: 9783110238082
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary