| Description |
1 online resource (426 pages) |
| Series |
Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe |
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Rochester studies in East and Central Europe.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Magnetic North, Iron and Grace; Childhood and Family; The Soviets: 1939-1941; War Years: 1941-1944; Return of the Soviets; Postwar and Culture; Gymnasium; Antanas Venclova; Vilnius University; 1956 and Khrushchev's Secret Speech; Boris Pasternak; Study Group and the KGB; Moscow: 1961-1964; Anna Akhmatova; Sign of Speech; Joseph Brodsky; Civil Society and Dissidence; The Lithuanian and Moscow Helsinki Groups; Preparation for Exile; Czeslaw Milosz and Berkeley; Travels: Exile as Good Luck; The Junction: Poems; Notes; Works by Tomas Venclova; Index of Names |
| Summary |
Magnetic North: Conversations with Tomas Venclova interweaves Eastern European postwar history, dissidence, and literature. Venclova, who personally knew Akhmatova, Pasternak, Milosz, Brodsky, and many others was also one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. Magnetic North provides an in-depth account of ethical choices and artistic resistance to totalitarianism over a half century. It also details Venclova's artistic work expanding our understanding of the significance of this writer, whose books are central to contemporary Eastern European culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-393) and index |
| Subject |
Authors, Lithuanian -- 20th century -- Interviews
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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Authors, Lithuanian
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Venclova, Tomas, author
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| ISBN |
1787440400 |
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9781787440401 |
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9781787441231 |
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1787441237 |
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