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English rhythms in Russian verse : on the experiment of Joseph Brodsky /

It is often said that the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky "sounds English" when he writes in Russian, yet, it is far from clear what this statement really means. Using evidence from an unusually wide variety of disciplines and approaches, the book investigates the form and semantic aura of Bro...

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Main Author: Friedberg, Nila, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2011.
Subjects:
Brodsky, Joseph, > 1940-1996 > Criticism and interpretation.
Linguistics in literature.
English language > Influence on foreign languages.
Russian poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9783110238099
3110238098
311023808X
9783110238082
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • A note on copyright and transliteration
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Brodsky's predecessors: Rules, violations, semantics
  • 2. Redundant syllables: Elision in Brodsky's verse
  • 3. Brodsky's anti-RD rhythm: semantics and sources
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I. Changes from Brodsky's drafts to final versions
  • Appendix II. 100 randomly-selected words with the shape -Xxx- in the prose of Brodsky, Slutsky, and Donne
  • Appendix III. Words with the shape -Xxx- in elision positions in the verse of Donne, Brodsky, and Slutsky
  • Appendix IV. Statistical tests of words with the shape -Xxx- in poetry and prose
  • Appendix V. Anti-RD rhythm in Brodsky's iambic poems
  • Appendix VI. Anti-RD rhythm in Tsvetaeva's iambic poems
  • Appendix VII. Anti-RD rhythm in Brodsky, Tsvetaeva, and Donne
  • References
  • Author index
  • Subject index.

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