{"product_id":"the-freest-speech-in-russia-poetry-unbound-1989-2022-9780691169965","title":"The Freest Speech in Russia: Poetry Unbound, 1989-2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English-language study of contemporary Russian poetry and its embrace of freedom--formally, thematically, and spiritually\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russian poetry has exuded a powerful awareness of freedom, both aesthetic and political. No longer confined to the cultural underground, poets reacted with immediacy to events in the world. In \u003ci\u003eThe Freest Speech\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephanie Sandler offers the first English-language study of contemporary Russian poetry, showing how these poems both express and exemplify freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis period was a time of great poetic flourishing for Russian poets, whether they remained in Russia or lived elsewhere. Sandler examines the work of dozens of poets--including Gennady Aygi, Joseph Brodsky, Grigory Dashevsky, Arkady Dragomoshchenko, Mikhail Eremin, Elena Fanailova, Anna Glazova, Elizaveta Mnatsakanova, Olga Sedakova, Elena Shvarts, and Maria Stepanova--analyzing their engagement with politics, performance, music, photography, and religious thought, and with poetic forms small and large. Each chapter investigates one of these topics, with extensive quotation from the poetry, including translations of all texts into English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an afterword, Sandler considers poets' responses to Russia's war on Ukraine and the clampdown on free expression. Many have left Russia, but their work persists, and they remain vocal opponents of domestic political oppression and international violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Sandler\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCommemorating Pushkin: Russia's Myth of a National Poet\u003c\/i\u003e and a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA History of Russian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901929787666,"sku":"9780691169965","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91226f65-948d-42e6-b1a5-8f0485857ba4.jpg?v=1738442238","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-freest-speech-in-russia-poetry-unbound-1989-2022-9780691169965","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}