An attempt to interpret and appraise the work of Boris Pasternak as lyrical and narrative poet, writer of prose fiction, and verse translator.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
General preface to the series; Foreword; Abbreviations; Transcription; 1. A portrait of the artist; 2. Music and Marburg; 3. A commitment to Futurism; 4. My Sister Life: the summer of 1917; 5. Poetry under the Soviets: Themes and Variations; 6. Pasternak and the new Russian prose; 7. 'From lyrical thinking to the epic'; 8. Safe Conduct, Rilke and Mayakovsky; 9. Second Birth and Georgia; 11. A fresh start in poetry: On Early Trains; 12. Doctor Zhivago; 13. The poems of Yury Zhivago; 14. The final stage: An Essay in Autobiography: When the Weather Clears: The Blind Beauty; 15. The place of Pasternak; Notes; Chronological table; Select bibliography; Index.
