Leningrad poetry 1953-1975 [electronic resource] : the Thaw generation / Emily Lygo.
Language: English, Russian Series: Russian transformations ; v. 2.Publication details: Bern, Switzerland ; New York : P. Lang, c2010.Description: viii, 362 pISBN:- 9783039113705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 3039113704
- 9783039113705
- 9783035300116 (e-book)
- Russian poetry -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- History and criticism
- Russian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Poets, Russian -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Biography
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- In literature
- PG3505.L4 L94 2010eb

Based on author's Ph.D. thesis, from University of Oxford, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and index.
The post-Stalin Thaw 1953-1964 -- After the Thaw, 1965-1975 -- Officially published poetry and Aleksandr Kushner -- Viktor Sosnora -- Dmitry Bobyshev -- Iosif Brodsky -- Principal LITOs and literary groups in Leningrad 1953-1975 -- Unofficial groups of poets in Leningrad 1953-1975 -- Statistics concerning the admission of poets to the Leningrad writers' union 1953-1975.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Critial material in English; poetry in parallel English and Russian.