Marina Tsvetaeva was a native of Moscow, a city that played a significant role in her poetry and prose. Together with Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, she is frequently considered a representative of the ...
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The following is an excerpt from an article that was originally published in a Serbian journal in 1934. Here, Tsvetaeva differentiates the genius of lyric poets from that of other poets. Lyric poets, ...
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Below, Livingstone discusses Tsvetaeva's place within Russian poetry. She points out aspects of Symbolism, Acmeism, and Futurism in Tsvetaeva's verse.
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Pasternak said that Marina Tsv...
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In this review of Selected Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, McDuff surveys Tsvetaeva's life and works and reviews Elaine Feinstein 's translations into English of select poems by Tsvetaeva.
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In the following excerpt, Heldt offers an analysis of "Rasshchelina" ("The Crevasse") and "Popytka revnosti" ("An Attempt at Jealousy"), explori...
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In the following excerpt, France examines subjects, themes, and literary techniques in Tsvetaeva's poetry.
Tsvetaeva compares poetic significance with poetic greatness:
A signific...
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In the following excerpt, Forrester explores the relationship between the female body and Moscow architecture, particularly the church, in Tsvetaeva's poetry.
Like many other Russian women w...
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In the following excerpt, Makin discusses Tsvetaeva's poetic output in her later years, particularly her transition from writing lyrics to long poems or poemy.
The distinguishing features of...
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Marina (Ivanovna) Tsvetaeva (Efron)
Critical Essay by Marina Tsvetaeva
