The Poems, Prose & Plays of Pushkin

by Avrahm Yarmolinsky (Editor)

896 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1936

About the author

Yarmolinsky was a critic, biographer, and author who served for over thirty years as chief of the Slavonic Division of the New York Public Library. He also taught Russian and Columbia University and the City College of New York.

Dr. Yarmolinsky participated in the editing and translating of numerous memoirs and books of Russian and German poetry. His wife was the poet Babette Deutsch.

Reviews

[Fred Dameron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lets be honest: it's Pushkin!! Great translation and great collection of the greatest Russian poet of all time. Now for the controversial part of my review. I believe that Pushkin is the greatest poet of all time period full stop. During Operation Provide Comfort, after the First Gulf War I was stationed at Incirlik Air Base Turkey. I read a piece on Pushkin in Nat Geo and promptly fell in love with his work. In that piece the Pushkin expert said to the author "It's a shame you have no Pushkin." I would ask who in the west compares in both quality, quantity, and variety of work in such a short time. Emily Dickenson is just as good a poet, maybe better, but has no prose or epic poems. Elizabeth Barret Browning? Aurora Leigh is a s good as Eugene Onegin, but her other work pales. Byron? Epic poems, yes. Poetry just as good if not a bit better, but short stories arn't close. Poe and Washington Irving? Poetry no where as good while short stories are just as good and epic poems? I know this is personal opinion, but I believe/know I''m correct.