- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on Transliteration and Conventions
- Introduction: ‘Not Written by a Lady’
- 1 The ‘Feminine Pen’ and the Imagination of National Tradition: Russian Women's Writing, 1820–1880
- 2 Mariya Zhukova (1804–1855)
- 3 Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893)
- 4 Elena Gan (1814–1842)
- 5 Configurations of Authority: Feminism, Modernism, and Mass Culture, 1881–1917
- 6 Olga Shapir (1850–1916)
- 7 Nadezhda Teffi (1872–1952)
- 8. Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
- 9 Class War and the Home Front: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin (1917–1953)
- 10 Sofiya Parnok (1885–1933)
- 11 Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
- 12 Vera Bulich (1898–1954)
- 13 Who Wants to be a Man? De-Stalinizing Gender, 1954–1992
- 14 Natalya Baranskaya (1908– )
- 15 Elena Shvarts (1948– )
- 16 Olga Sedakova (1949– )
- 17 Nina Sadur (1950– )
- 17. Instead of an Afterword: Some Concluding Points
- Bibliography
- Index of Women Writers Cited
- General Index
Elena Shvarts (1948– )
Elena Shvarts (1948– )
- Chapter:
- (p.411) 15 Elena Shvarts (1948– )
- Source:
- A History of Russian Women's Writing 1820–1992
- Author(s):
Catriona Kelly
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
It was only in 1990 when Elena Shvarts was able to publish a collection of her written works in Russia. However, she was able previously to publish a number of Western publications and poetry readings, which helped establish her reputation as being a boldly imaginative and accomplished Russian poet. This chapter discusses Shvarts' different literary techniques, including her unique use of approximate rhyme and short lyrics. As a writer, Shvarts can be described as the most sexually explicit woman since Marina Tsvetaeva, and she also has a powerful laconism similar to Tsvetaeva's.
Keywords: 1990, Elena Shvarts, Russia, imagination, approximate rhyme, short lyrics, sexually explicit, Marina Tsvetaeva, laconism
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on Transliteration and Conventions
- Introduction: ‘Not Written by a Lady’
- 1 The ‘Feminine Pen’ and the Imagination of National Tradition: Russian Women's Writing, 1820–1880
- 2 Mariya Zhukova (1804–1855)
- 3 Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893)
- 4 Elena Gan (1814–1842)
- 5 Configurations of Authority: Feminism, Modernism, and Mass Culture, 1881–1917
- 6 Olga Shapir (1850–1916)
- 7 Nadezhda Teffi (1872–1952)
- 8. Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
- 9 Class War and the Home Front: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin (1917–1953)
- 10 Sofiya Parnok (1885–1933)
- 11 Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
- 12 Vera Bulich (1898–1954)
- 13 Who Wants to be a Man? De-Stalinizing Gender, 1954–1992
- 14 Natalya Baranskaya (1908– )
- 15 Elena Shvarts (1948– )
- 16 Olga Sedakova (1949– )
- 17 Nina Sadur (1950– )
- 17. Instead of an Afterword: Some Concluding Points
- Bibliography
- Index of Women Writers Cited
- General Index
