Death in Quotation Marks: Cultural Myths of the Modern Poet

by Svetlana Boym

Book by Boym, Svetlana

Genres: Literary Criticism, Poetry, Nonfiction

299 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Svetlana Boym is the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University, and a media artist, playwright, and novelist. She is also an associate of the Graduate School of Design and Architecture at Harvard University.

Boym's written work explores relationships between utopia and kitsch, between memory and modernity, and between homesickness and sickness of home. Her research interests generally include 20th century Russian literature, cultural studies, comparative literature and literary studies.

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Reviews

[Katrinka · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's something I can't yet identify about the way Boym approached her subjects and writing about them that's absolutely fascinating. Guess I'll just have to keep reading her work and try to find the right words for it all...