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The Bedbug and Selected Poetry (Paperback)

by Vladimir Mayakovsky (Author), P. Blake (Editor), M. Hayward (Translator), G. Reavey (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press (1 Oct 1975)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0253201896
  • ISBN-13: 978-0253201898
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 406,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The bilingual text features highlights of the verse and dramatic writing of the acclaimed Soviet poet and playwright.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Voice That Throttled To Be Heard, 26 Mar 1998
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Mayakovsky's self-distinctive tone is one style that can be taken for either some of the worst mouthing off imaginable or the most brilliant & confident declamations of personality ever to appear on the pages of poetry.His startling lines filled with bragadoccio,machismo,exuberance,wit,irony,satire & love jump from the pages in brilliantly precise metaphors intensified by some of the most passionate lyrics ever to be written.The reader is kept on hold throughout.His best poems assault relentlessly signifying at times an intruder who is irregardless of others privacy.The weakness in Mayakovsky's verse is that the exhortant exclamations tend most of the time to thicken the surface of the subjects he assails,leaving the bottom composedly empty.This makes up for a shallowness that could have been repudiated if the poet would have seen things in a much broader level & not just within his somewhat narrow mind frame.His most accomplished poem may have been his last.And it takes on universal aspects & acceptance.The unfortunate omission of his great shorter poems is a dissapointment.

The Bedbug is a funny & witty satire on the state of Soviet society at that time & where it may lead to,the way Mayakovsky saw it.The characters are enetertaining & real life,with wit present almost everywhere.The futuristic scenes in the end are impressive.And the final scene is heartachingly moving.The play could have benefited though from a more elaborate plot to give the characters & the situations more chance to stretch out.All in all a delightful read.

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