Author: [Translated by] Matheson, P. E.
Title: Holy Russia and Other Poems. Translated from the Russian
Description: London / New York / Etc. Humphray Milford / Oxford University Press, 1918. First Edition. First edition; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. [2], 3-63, [1]; textured gray paper over boards and 1/4 cloth; partially unopened; a bit of age-darkening to margins of boards; slight offset to first and last leaves; in very good condition. Percy Ewing Matheson (1859 - 1946), a British translator and author, translated the poems in order "to convey something of the distinctive spirit and athmosphere of Russian life" in the aftermath of the October Revolution. Included were works by Lermontov, Nekrasov, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Tyutchev, and others. Very good .

Keywords: Poetry, Russia


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