The little tragedies

Description:

"Alexander Pushkin's "little tragedies" stand among the great masterpieces of Russian literature, yet they were last translated into English a quarter-century ago and have in recent years been out of print entirely. In this new translation, Nancy K. Anderson preserves the cadence and intensity of Pushkin's work while aligning it with today's poetic practices and freer approach to metrics. In addition she provides critical essays examining each play in depth, a discussion of her approach to translating the plays, and a consideration of the genre of these dramatic pieces and their performability."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Translations into English,  Drama texts: 19th century,  Plays & playwrights: 19th century,  Poetry & poets: 19th century,  Works by individual poets: 19th century,  c 1800 to c 1900,  Drama,  Plays / Drama,  Russian,  Literature: Classics,  Continental European,  Drama / Continental European,  1799-1837,  Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich,,  Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837,  Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author),  New York Times reviewed,  Russian language,  Readers

People: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837)