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Give me a body

Duration: 0:34:56

Polk podcast: A verbal portrait is one of the most famous literary techniques . Why do writers tell us in detail about the appearance of their characters? How did their work reflect their feelings about their own appearance and clothing? Mayakovsky's yellow jacket, Akhmatova's uncurled bangs and much more .

Language: Russian
Topics: FacebookAkhmatovaMayakovskyRobert PattinsonTwilightCommunism

We will remember it

Duration: 0:45:45

"Shelf" discusses the work of literary memory: how the authors of memoirs preserve the details of literary life and what it means to "lie like an eyewitness" in relation to texts about Akhmatova and Mandelstam, Mayakovsky and Yesenin . How do some memoirists create myths about great writers, while others debunk these myths?

Language: Russian
Topics: LiteratureRussian LiteratureRussian writersMandelstamAkhmatovaMayakovsky