 | Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West Subjects: Lyric poetry -- History and criticism; Russian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Polish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- History -- 20th century; Politics in literature; This exploration of poetry and national life in Poland and Russia from 1917 to the present also offers a comparative study of the poetry of the Eastern and Western sides of the "iron curtain,+? and an examination of these topics in light of Western postmodernist philosophical theories. Clare Cavanagh is associate professor and Herman and Beulah Pearce Miller Research Professor in Literature in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University. |
