Diana Lewis Burgin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1073257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana Lewis Burgin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana Lewis |
| FAMILY NAME | Burgin |
| SIGNATURE | BURGIN D L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sophia Parnok
Sophia Parnok and the Writing of a Lesbian Poet's Life
In a footnote to her detailed commentary on the poems of Sophia Parnok (1885-1933) Sophia Poliakova states that the poet "did not make a secret of" her lesbianism and that "many of her poems are incomprehensible without knowledge of this [...] extremely personal [fact]." Yet, in her otherwise excellent discussion of the poet's creative development, Poliakova does not treat the crucially important relationship between Parnok's affectional preferen…
After the Ball is Over
The love affair between Sophia Parok and Marina Tsvetaeva, which consumed the two poets from late October 1914 until February 1916, seems to have been one of those passions fueled by an attraction to its own doom. Yet, as Sofiia Poliakova has demonstrated, the creative potential and fruits of this love affair were substantial.1 It inspired Tsvetaeva's magnificent lyrical cycle Podruga (Girlfriend), arguably her most mature work so far, as well as…
The Reprieve of Nastasja
The Reprieve of Nastasja
The fate of modern man
UNLIMITED technological violence', as expressed in the Stalinist labour camp experience, and 'absurd death', symbolized by the disease of cancer-these are the two interrelated givens of modern life with which Solzhenitsyn grapples in Cancer Ward. The author's insistence that violence and death are today the main determinants of a man's 'fate' and 'happiness' constitutes the enormous contemporary appeal of this novel and answers effectively the of…
The fate of modern man
UNLIMITED technological violence', as expressed in the Stalinist labour camp experience, and 'absurd death', symbolized by the disease of cancer-these are the two interrelated givens of modern life with which Solzhenitsyn grapples in Cancer Ward. The author's insistence that violence and death are today the main determinants of a man's 'fate' and 'happiness' constitutes the enormous contemporary appeal of this novel and answers effectively the of…
The Reprieve of Nastasja
The Reprieve of Nastasja
After the Ball is Over
The love affair between Sophia Parok and Marina Tsvetaeva, which consumed the two poets from late October 1914 until February 1916, seems to have been one of those passions fueled by an attraction to its own doom. Yet, as Sofiia Poliakova has demonstrated, the creative potential and fruits of this love affair were substantial.1 It inspired Tsvetaeva's magnificent lyrical cycle Podruga (Girlfriend), arguably her most mature work so far, as well as…
Sophia Parnok and the Writing of a Lesbian Poet's Life
In a footnote to her detailed commentary on the poems of Sophia Parnok (1885-1933) Sophia Poliakova states that the poet "did not make a secret of" her lesbianism and that "many of her poems are incomprehensible without knowledge of this [...] extremely personal [fact]." Yet, in her otherwise excellent discussion of the poet's creative development, Poliakova does not treat the crucially important relationship between Parnok's affectional preferen…
Sophia Parnok
Art (6 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)