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Poetry

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Shostakovich: His Choice of Tsvetaeva's Poems for Op. 143

Shostakovich Opus 143: His Choice of Tsvetaeva's Poems

Akhmatova: Northern Elegies

Introduction and translation of Akhmatova's Northern Elegies

Nabokov: An Evening in theWasteland

Translation from Russian of Nabokov's An Evening in the Wasteland

Henri Thomas: Gare Saint Lazare

Translation of French poem by Henri Thomas

Lermontov's Wish to Be Buried Alive

Inquiry into Lermontov's dual nature

Richard Wilbur: "Running"

Analysis of Wilbur's "Running"

Apollinaire and Tsvetaeva: Zone and Verses on Moscow

Translation and comparison of "Zone" and "Verses on Moscow"

Jacques Reda: Last Song of the Forests

Translation of Reda's Last Song of the Forests

Tsvetaeva: Praise to Aphrodite

Translation of Tsvetaeva's "Praise to Aphrodite."

Nabokov and His Football Poem

Translation and background re. Nabokov's "Football"

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