Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Illustrations xiv
5. Note on Transliteration xvi
6. 1 Origins 1
7. 2 University Years 21
8. 3 Literary Debut 39
9. 4 In the Futurist Camp 59
10. 5 Revolutionary Years 84
11. 6 Factions in the Twenties 111
12. 7 Against Romanticism 135
13. 8 The Thaw of the Thirties 161
14. 9 Premier Soviet Poet 185
15. 10 The Trials of Hamlet 211
16. 11 Zhivago and the Poet 247
17. 12 The Nobel Scandal 273
18. 13 Last Years 301
19. Notes. Index
20. Notes 317
21. Index 351