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Maria Stepanova is one of the most powerful and distinctive voices
of Russia's first post-Soviet literary generation. An award-winning
poet and prose writer, she has also founded a major platform for
independent journalism. Her verse blends formal mastery with a keen
ear for the evolution of spoken language. As Russia's political
climate has turned increasingly repressive, Stepanova has responded
with engaged writing that grapples with the persistence of violence
in her country's past and present. Some of her most remarkable
recent work as a poet and essayist considers the conflict in
Ukraine and the debasement of language that has always accompanied
war. The Voice Over brings together two decades of Stepanova's
work, showcasing her range, virtuosity, and creative evolution.
Stepanova's poetic voice constantly sets out in search of new
bodies to inhabit, taking established forms and styles and
rendering them into something unexpected and strange. Recognizable
patterns of ballads, elegies, and war songs are transposed into a
new key, infused with foreign strains, and juxtaposed with unlikely
neighbors. As an essayist, Stepanova engages deeply with writers
who bore witness to devastation and dramatic social change, as seen
in searching pieces on W. G. Sebald, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Susan
Sontag. Including contributions from ten translators, The Voice
Over shows English-speaking readers why Stepanova is one of
Russia's most acclaimed contemporary writers.
Maria Stepanova is one of the most powerful and distinctive voices
of Russia's first post-Soviet literary generation. An award-winning
poet and prose writer, she has also founded a major platform for
independent journalism. Her verse blends formal mastery with a keen
ear for the evolution of spoken language. As Russia's political
climate has turned increasingly repressive, Stepanova has responded
with engaged writing that grapples with the persistence of violence
in her country's past and present. Some of her most remarkable
recent work as a poet and essayist considers the conflict in
Ukraine and the debasement of language that has always accompanied
war. The Voice Over brings together two decades of Stepanova's
work, showcasing her range, virtuosity, and creative evolution.
Stepanova's poetic voice constantly sets out in search of new
bodies to inhabit, taking established forms and styles and
rendering them into something unexpected and strange. Recognizable
patterns of ballads, elegies, and war songs are transposed into a
new key, infused with foreign strains, and juxtaposed with unlikely
neighbors. As an essayist, Stepanova engages deeply with writers
who bore witness to devastation and dramatic social change, as seen
in searching pieces on W. G. Sebald, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Susan
Sontag. Including contributions from ten translators, The Voice
Over shows English-speaking readers why Stepanova is one of
Russia's most acclaimed contemporary writers.
Presenting a multifaceted portrait of modernist culture in Russia,
an array of distinguished scholars shows how artists and writers in
the early twentieth century engaged with politics, science, and
religion. At a time when many Russian social institutions looked to
the past, modernist arts powerfully amplified a gamut of new ideas
about individual and collective transformation. Expanding upon
prior studies that focus more specifically on literary
manifestations of the movement, Reframing Russian Modernism
features original research that ranges broadly, from political
aesthetics to Darwinism to yoga. These unique complementary
perspectives counter reductionism of any kind, integrating the
study of Russian modernism into the larger body of humanistic
scholarship devoted to modernity.
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