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Book SynopsisAn absorbing portrait of an extraordinary man, an analysis of the work of a great Russian poet, and the evocation of a crucial period in Russian cultural history--all are combined in Edward J. Brown's literary biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky. It is the only book to reveal the whole Mayakovsky, not just aspects of his tortured personality or artist
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*A Note on Transliteration, pg. vi*Table of Contents, pg. viii*Introductory Remarks, pg. 1*Chapter One. Prelude: April 9, 1930, pg. 12*Chapter Two. The Revolution: Politics, pg. 27*Chapter Three. The Revolution: Art, pg. 40*Chapter Four. Mayakovsky in the Futurist Collections, pg. 72*Chapter Five. 1915: The Cloud and the Flute, pg. 108*Chapter Six. 1916: "In My Head, War and the Universe, in My Heart, Man", pg. 145*Chapter Seven. Form, Image, and Idea in the Early Poems, pg. 171*Chapter Eight. The Poet Engaged, pg. 190*Chapter Nine. About That, and About Some Other Things, pg. 219*Chapter Ten. A Commercial Artist Discovers America, pg. 261*Chapter Eleven. Contemporaries, pg. 303*Chapter Twelve. The Cinema and the Stage, pg. 318*Chapter Thirteen. A Girl from a Different World, pg. 336*Chapter Fourteen. The Heart Yearns for a Bullet, pg. 352*Epilogue-Not in Heaven, pg. 369*Bibliographical Essay, pg. 371*Index of Names, pg. 379*Index of Titles of Mayakovsky's Works, pg. 384
