The Russian Poem

Anatoly Naiman offers a detailed commentary on key works of Russian poetry, such as A. Pushkin’s “The Bronze Horseman,” N. Nekrasov’s “Frost, Red Nose,” A. Blok’s “Twelve,” V. Mayakovsky’s “A Cloud in Trousers,” and A. Akhmatova’s “Poem Without a Hero.” These poems are not only innovative works, but also provide an opportunity for their new interpretation. Naiman acts as a mediator who helps you understand the meaning of these texts—familiar since childhood—more deeply, bringing them back to life and offering a way of perceiving akin to what the author experienced when creating them.