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Osip Mandelstam

Journey to Armenia

Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938) was a Russian poet and essayist. He visited Armenia in 1930 and was inspired to write an experimental meditation on the country and its ancient culture. Includes the companion piece Conversation About Dante. 'It takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth century literature.' — Bruce Chatwin.
157 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
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Quotes

  • Talia Garzahas quoted3 years ago
    The potter’s art had brought the red clay of Armenia into the human circle.
  • Talia Garzahas quoted3 years ago
    lassicism in Mandelstam’s mind was associated with that ‘fullness of life’ natural to the Armenians, and also with ‘their noble inclination for hard work’. He had listed among the utensils by which man is consciously surrounded ‘a baking dish, a pair of tongs, an earthenware jug with milk’; and it is the pottery of Armenia that he calls in one poem
  • Talia Garzahas quoted3 years ago
    of the surrounding world; the environment heated with the most delicate teleological warmth. Hellenism is any stove near which a man sits, prizing its warmth as something related to his own inner warmth.

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