Description:
Tsvetaeva's Orphic Journeys in the Worlds of the Word explores the rich theme of the myth of Orpheus as master narrative for poetic inspiration and creative survival in the life and work of Marina Tsvetaeva.
Review Quotes: "Olga Peters Hasty clarifies as never before the substance of Tsvetaeva's romanticism--a philosophical concern with poetry as a bridge to a higher realm of experience, and a typological style of thinking inspired by folklore and myth. The book thus renders a double service to Tsvetaeva scholarship, both illuminating Tsvetaeva's creative philosophy and helping to define her place in the romantic tradition . . . Hasty has traced the logic of Tsvetaeva's thinking with impressive nuance and clarity." --Catherine Ciepiela, Slavic Review