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The First Encounter
By (Author) Andrey Bely
Translated by Nina Berberova
Translated by Gerald Janacek
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
891.713
Paperback
168
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
227g
First published in Russian in 1921 and never translated, Andrey Bely's long narrative poem--considered to be one of the great achievements of Russian Modernism--is translated to English here. A poet, critic, philosopher, and novelist, Bely was a leading figure among the Russian Symbolists, and The First Encounter is thought to be his greatest work