"Shklovsky: Witness to an Era" is a blend of riotous anecdote, personal history, and literary reflection, collecting interviews with Viktor Shklovsky conducted by scholar Serena Vitale in the '70s, toward the end of the great critic's life, and in the face of interference and even veiled threats of violence from the Soviet government. Shklovsky's answers are wonderfully intimate, focusing particularly on the years of the early Soviet avant-garde, and his relationships with such figures as Eisenstein and Mayakovsky. Bearing witness to a vanished age whose promise ended in despair, Shklovsky is in great form throughout, summing up a century of triumphs and disappointments, personal and historical.
| ISBN: | 9781564787910 |
| Publication date: | 31st January 2013 |
| Author: | Serena Vitale, Viktor Shklovskii |
| Publisher: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 120 pages |
| Series: | Russian Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
"Shklovsky: Witness to an Era" is a blend of riotous anecdote, personal history, and literary reflection, collecting interviews with Viktor Shklovsky conducted by scholar Serena Vitale in the '70s, toward the end of the great critic's life, and in the face of interference and even veiled threats of violence from the Soviet government. Shklovsky's answers are wonderfully intimate, focusing particularly on the years of the early Soviet avant-garde, and his relationships with such figures as Eisenstein and Mayakovsky. Bearing witness to a vanished age whose promise ended in despair, Shklovsky is in great form throughout, summing up a century of triumphs and disappointments, personal and historical.
Shklovsky: Witness to an Era features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Shklovsky: Witness to an Era is available in Paperback
Shklovsky: Witness to an Era was written by Serena Vitale, Viktor Shklovskii and published by Dalkey Archive Press
Shklovsky: Witness to an Era has 120 pages
Yes it is part of Russian Literature series