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A Russian Psyche A RUSSIAN PSYCHE The Poetic Mind of Marina Tsvetaeva Alyssa W. Dinega THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS TheUniversityofWisconsinPress 1930MonroeStreet Madison,Wisconsin53711 www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/ 3HenriettaStreet LondonWC2E8LU,England Copyright©2001 TheBoardofRegentsoftheUniversityofWisconsinSystem Allrightsreserved 5 4 3 2 1 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Dinega,AlyssaW. ARussianpsyche:thepoeticmindofMarina=EBT=ECSvetaeva/AlyssaW.Dinega. 304pp. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-299-17330-5(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN0-299-17334-8(pbk.) 1.=EBT=ECSvetaeva,Marina,1892–1941—Criticismandinterpretation. 2.CupidandPsyche(Tale)inliterature. I.Title. PG3476.T75Z636 2001 891.71'42—dc21 2001001945 ThisbookismadepossibleinpartbyasubsidyfromtheInstitute forScholarshipintheLiberalArts,CollegeofArtsandLetters, UniversityofNotreDame. Formyowntwotinymalemuses, AntonandKirill AndforEvan,whoisrealatlast Canaunity(anywhatsoever)reallygiveasum?Aforeignessence.Adifferentdivision ofatoms.Atranscendenttruthcannotbebrokenupintoparticlesablemerelytoexist. —MarinaTsvetaeva,lettertoBorisPasternak,10July1926 Inanotherhumanbeingonlytheforeheadandsomeofthechestcavitybelongtome. Irelinquishthehearteasily,Iwon’trelinquishthechest.Ineedanechochamber.The heartringshollow. —MarinaTsvetaeva,lettertoRainerMariaRilke,14August1926 Ifearmethis—isLoneliness— TheMakerofthesoul —EmilyDickinson,‘‘TheLonelinessOnedarenotsound...’’ Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction:WalkingthePoeticTightrope 3 1.BattlingBlokandAkhmatova:InPursuitofaMuse 35 2.ConjuringPasternak:ADividedPsyche 90 3.LosingRilke:TheDarkLureofMra 129 4.RuingYoungOrphans:TheEndoftheLine 177 Postscript 226 Notes 233 Index 277 ix

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