D. S. Mirsky
A Russian-English Life, 1890-1939
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 June 2000
- ISBN 9780198160069
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 242x163x28 mm
- Weight 756 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 halftones 0
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Short description:
This is the extraordinary story of 'Comrade Prince' D. S. Mirsky, Russia's best literary critic. A poet and Guards officer before the Revolution, he emigrated in 1920 and taught at London University, publishing prolifically in both English and Russian. He then joined the Communist Party and returned in 1932 to Stalin's Moscow, to be arrested five years later and die in the Gulag. This biography, the first in any language, draws on much unpublished material, including Mirsky's NKVD files.
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This is the first biography in any language of 'Comrade Prince' D. S. Mirsky (1890-1939), who uniquely participated in three distinctive episodes of modern European culture. In late imperial St Petersburg he was a poet, a student of Oriental languages and ancient history, and also a Guards officer. After fighting in World War I and the Russian Civil War, Mirsky emigrated, taught at London University, and became a literary critic and historian, writing prolifically in English, and also in Russian for the Paris-centred emigration, especially as a leading member of the Eurasian movement. His closest literary relationships were with Marina Tsvetaeva and Aleksei Remizov, and later with Maksim Gorky. In 1926-7 he published A History of Russian Literature, written in English, which remains the standard introduction to the subject. While in London he lived in Bloomsbury and knew the Woolfs; he also knew T. S. Eliot, and was the first Russian critic to write about him. Mirsky became a Communist in 1931 and returned to Stalin's Moscow the following year, becoming a prominent Soviet critic, and in particular championing Boris Pasternak. In 1937 he was arrested, and died in the Gulag. This biography draws on much unpublished material, including Mirsky's NKVD files.
All this is presented lucidly and amusingly. Gerry Smith's own voice and personality come through clearly and his fascinating account will be read with great profit by many.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
I: In Russia, 1890-1920
Two Names
Two Callings
Two Armies
II: Out of Russia, 1921-1932
Writing English
Writing Russian
Writing Politics
III: Back in Russia, 1932-1939
The Rising Line
The Falling Line
End of the Line
Notes
Bibliography
Index
