Magnetic north: conversations with Tomas Venclova

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Magnetic north: conversations with Tomas Venclova
Authors:
Publication Data:
Rochester (N.Y.) : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Pages:
xvi, 405 p
Notes:
Bibliografija ir asmenvardžių rodyklė.
Contents:
Acknowledgments — Chronology — Map of Lithuania — Introduction: magnetic north, iron and grace / Ellen Hinsey — Childhood and family — The Soviets: 1939-1941 — War years: 1941-1944 — Return of the Soviets — Postwar and culture — Gymnasium — Antanas Venclova — Vilnius University — 1956 and Khrushchevs secret speech — Boris Pasternak — Study group and the KGB — Moscow: 1961-1964 — Anna Akhmatova — Sign of speech — Joseph Brodsky — Civil society and dissidence — The Lithuanian and Moscow Helsinki groups — Preparation for exile — Czeslaw Milosz and Berkeley — Travels: exile as good luck — The junction: poems — Notes — Works by Tomas Venclova — Index of names.
Subject Category:
LT
Tomas Venclova; Vilnius. Vilniaus kraštas (Vilnius region); Lietuva (Lithuania); Atsiminimai. Biografijos / Memories. Biographies; Kolektyvinė atmintis / Collective memory; Literatūros istorija / Literary history.
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Slavic and East European journal. 2020, vol. 64, no. 1, p. 136-137
Summary / Abstract:

LTAcknowledgments -- Chronology -- Map of Lithuania -- Introduction: Magnetic North, Iron and Grace / by Ellen Hinsey -- 1. Childhood and Family -- 2. The Soviets: 1939-1941 -- 3. War Years: 1941-1944 -- 4. Return of the Soviets -- 5. Postwar and Culture -- 6. Gymnasium -- 7. Antanas Venclova -- 8. Vilnius University -- 9. 1956 and Khrushchevs Secret Speech -- 10. Boris Pasternak -- 11. Study Group and the KGB -- 12. Moscow: 1961-1964 -- 13. Anna Akhmatova -- 14. Sign of Speech -- 15. Joseph Brodsky -- 16. Civil Society and Dissidence -- 17. The Lithuanian and Moscow Helsinki Groups -- 18. Preparation for Exile -- 19. Czeslaw Milosz and Berkeley -- 20. Travels: Exile as Good Luck -- 21. The Junction: Poems -- Notes -- Works by Tomas Venclova -- Index of Name.Reikšminiai žodžiai: Tomas Venclova; Rašytojai; Literatūrologai; Atsiminimai; Biografijos; Tomas Venclova; Memory; Biography.

ISBN:
9781580465861
Subject:
Literatūrologija / Literary Studies
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