Elaine Feinstein, A Captive Lion

Gina Wisker (University of Brighton)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1987

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Biography (literary)

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In her life of Marina Tsvetayeva,

A Captive Lion

(1987) Elaine Feinstein, who rescued the startling, sensitive poetry for English speaking audiences in

Marina Tsvetayeva: Selected Poems

(trans. Elaine Feinstein, 1987), now rescues the fascinating woman behind the poetry. Other books on Tsvetayeva include Simon Karlinsky's two volume study and Janet Marin King's translations of her prose. In the words of The

New York Times

Tsetayeva:

impresses with her psychic energy, she is on fire with poetry, and nothing is put in perspective, everything is immediate, emotional in the best sense. She did not write poems as an intellectual exercise, or to give pleasure, or to justify her existence, poetry was her existence.

impresses with her psychic energy, she is on fire with poetry, and nothing…

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Citation: Wisker, Gina. "A Captive Lion". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 March 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7282, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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