Poetry, literature

The Last Soviet Avant-Garde: OBERIU - Fact, Fiction, Metafiction (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature). By Graham Roberts. Cambridge University Press; 1 edition, 2006. Paperback, 292 pages.

"Roberts' book is noteworthy for its thorough examination and reexamination of the aesthetic theories and practices of OBERIU against the background of Russian literary theories in the first few decades of this century. It is especially valuable for the comparatist interested in how those theories anticipate postmodern ones in the West. Roberts writes beautiful informed prose. Roberts' concise, detailed prose...relate to OBERIU ensure an enlightening read." (Canadian Slavonic Papers)

Russian Literature, Modernism and the Visual Arts (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature), by Catriona Kelly, Stephen Lovell. Cambridge University Press; 1 edition, 2008. Paperback, 336 pages.

"The articles of Russian Literature, Modernism and the Visual Arts will be of interest to those who specialize in Russian modernism, and perhaps also to those who teach Russian culture and would like to add to their treatment of the arts during this exciting period...it is a wonderful book that belongs in any university library and that will provide hours of thought-provoking reading and viewing - the many illustrations complement the text as well, as befits a book on this subject." (Slavic and East European Journal)

От символистов до обэриутов. Поэзия русского модернизма. В 2 книгах. Книга 1. Антология. Издательство: Эллис Лак 2000, 2002 г. Суперобложка, 752 стр. (From Symbolism to Oberiuts. Poetry of Russian Modernism. In 2 volumes. Book 1. Antology. Ellis Lak, 2002. Dust Jacket, 752 pages.)

The first book of this antology includes the works of modernist poets of 1890-1920s. Collected together, these poems give a full idea of this stage of Russian modernist poetry, and its main directions: symbolism, akmeism and futurism. The poems are accompanied by short reviews about the authors. (from editorial review at Ozon)

От символистов до обэриутов. Поэзия русского модернизма. В 2 книгах. Книга 2. Антология. Издательство: Эллис Лак 2000, 2002 г. Суперобложка, 752 стр. (From Symbolism to Oberiuts. Poetry of Russian Modernism. In 2 volumes. Book 2. Antology. Ellis Lak, 2002. Dust Jacket, 752 pages.)

The second book of the antology is consists of the works of poets who were belonging to modernism flow, whose activity was in 1920s-early 1930s. Poems of authors who lived in the Soviet Union are given side by side with texts by Russian representatives from abroad. Many poems are published for the first time after a long period. (from editorial review at Ozon)

Поэты Серебряного века. Антология. Издательство: Эксмо-Пресс, 2004 г. Твердый переплет, 384 стр. (Poets of the Siver Age. Antology. "Eksmo Press", 2004. Hardcover, 384 pages.)

In the beginning of the XX century, poetry in Russian was considered "anouncing of times unheard of", as Blok has written. New poetical directions were born: symbolism, akmeism, futurism. A whole layer of Russian literary avant-garde was formed, whose vivid representatives were V.Mayakovsky, Z.Gippius, A.Bely, A.Blok, M.Kuzmin, V.Kamensky and many other poets, writers and artists of the Silver Age. (from editorial at Ozon)