Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii. Faksimil'noe izdanie. Issledovanie. Kommentarii (A talk with a tax inspector about poetry by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Facsimile edition. Critical Studies. Commentary)
St. Petersburg: Evropeiskii universitet, 2022. Sewn pb. In 1926 Vladimir Mayakovsky Published the poem "A Talk with a Tax Collector About Poetry". It was not just a panegyric to poetry or biting satire on the state bureaucracy. It also touched on some very sensitive issues, including a writer's potential earnings, far exceeding those of the average Soviet citizen. The poem was initially published as a booklet designed by Aleksandr Rodchenko, A facsimile of which is included with this addition and subsequently republished in the journal "Novy Mir". "A Talk with a Tax Collector About Poetry" is a literary manifesto, a sociopolitical proclamation, afinancial balance sheet End an invective against a faceless government bureaucrat. In the present edition, Mayakovsky's outrageous manifesto, reproduced in facsimile, is for the first time accompanied by detailed commentary and a close examination of his fights with the tax administration. Also included are financial documents from the collection of the State Mayakovsky Museum, among them the poet's tax returns and previously unpublished financial declarations. The book also Publishers caricatures and parodies of Mayakovsky's Poem associated with the theme of royalties. 207 p., 24 cm, approx. 50 color and b/w illus., Rus. with summary in ENGLISH. Item #4758
ISBN: 9785943803246
Price: $42.00