D.S. Mirsky : a Russian-English life, 1890-1939

G.S. Smith

This is the first biography in any language of 'Comrade Prince' D. S. Mirsky (1890-1939), who uniquely participated in three distinctive episodes of modern European culture. In late imperial St Petersburg he was a poet, a student of Oriental languages and ancient history, and also a Guards officer. After fighting in World War I and the Russian Civil War, Mirsky emigrated, taught at London University, and became a literary critic and historian, writing prolifically in English, and also in Russian for the Paris-centred emigration, especially as a leading member of the Eurasian movement. His closest literary relationships were with Marina Tsvetaeva and Aleksei Remizov, and later with Maksim Gorky. In 1926-7 he published A History of Russian Literature, written in English, which remains the standard introduction to the subject. While in London he lived in Bloomsbury and knew the Woolfs; he also knew T. S. Eliot, and was the first Russian critic to write about him. Mirsky became a Communist in 1931 and returned to Stalin's Moscow the following year, becoming a prominent Soviet critic, and in particular championing Boris Pasternak. In 1937 he was arrested, and died in the Gulag. This biography draws on much unpublished material, including Mirsky's NKVD files.

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[目次]

  • Introduction
  • I: IN RUSSIA, 1890-1920
  • 1. Two Names
  • 2. Two Callings
  • 3. Two Armies
  • II: OUT OF RUSSIA, 1921-1932
  • 4. Writing English
  • 5. Writing Russian
  • 6. Writing Politics
  • III: BACK IN RUSSIA, 1932-1939
  • 7. The Rising Line
  • 8. The Falling Line
  • 9. End of the Line
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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書名 D.S. Mirsky : a Russian-English life, 1890-1939
著作者等 Smith, Gerald Stanton
Smith G.S.
出版元 Oxford University Press
刊行年月 c2000
ページ数 xviii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0198160062
NCID BA84336085
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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