Joseph Brodsky and the Creation of Exile

by David M. Bethea

Book Overview

Joseph Brodsky, one of the most prominent contemporary American poets, is also among the finest living poets in the Russian language. Nevertheless, his poetry and the crucial bilingual dimension of his poetic world are still insufficiently understood by Western audiences. How did the Russian-born Brodsky arrive at his present status as an international man of letters and American poet laureate? Has he been created by his bilingual experience, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691605580
• ISBN13: 9780691605586
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"