A Russian Psyche : The Poetic Mind of Marina Tsvetaeva

Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva's powerful poetic voice and her tragic life have often prompted literary commentators to treat her as either a martyr or a monster. Born in Russia in 1892, she emigrated to Europe in 1922, returned to the Soviet Union at the height of the Stalinist Terror, and committed suicide in 1941. Alyssa Dinega focuses on the poetry, rediscovering Tsvetaeva as a serious thinker with a coherent artistic and philosophical vision. "Dinega knows her own mind. Without idealizing or simplifying her subject, she never loses control, compassion, or awe."-Caryl Emerson, Princeton University Author Biography: Alyssa Dinega is the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Assistant Professor of Russian Language and Literature at the University of Notre Dame. Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Introduction: Walking the Poetic Tightrope......Page 22 1. Battling Blok and Akhmatova: In Pursuit of a Muse......Page 54 2. Conjuring Pasternak: A Divided Psyche......Page 109 3. Losing Rilke: The Dark Lure of Mra......Page 148 4. Ruing Young Orphans: The End of the Line......Page 196 Postscript......Page 245 Notes......Page 252 Index......Page 296 Machine Generated Contents Note: Introduction: Walking The Poetic Tightrope -- 1. Battling Blok And Akhmatova: In Pursuit Of A Muse -- 2. Conjuring Pasternak: A Divided Psyche -- 3. Losing Rilke: The Dark Lure Of Mra -- 4. Ruing Young Orphans: The End Of The Line -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index. Alyssa W. Dinega. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 233-276) And Index.