This rotten material is important. Viewed in context, it exposes the unbearable struggle taking place inside Mayakovsky as he fought to adapt to a time that had no place for him. The straining for effect, the leaden weight of political correctness – all of that is tangible in his later poetry. It cheapened his work and ate at his soul, and he was acutely aware of what was happening to him.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
A soul divided …
… Transmissions from a Lone Star: The Slow Creative Death of Vladimir Mayakovsky | Columnists | RIA Novosti.
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