https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6Mgl94pnI
This is the first in a new series of videos/podcasts drawing upon what I have written and published here at Culturedallroundman.com. The podcast returns to the very first piece I published back on my old WordPress.com site, on Fyodor Tyutchevās 1830 poem āSilentium!ā. I expand upon Tyutchevās life, before reading his poem in Vladimir Nabokovās translation, published with New Directions in 1944 inĀ Three Russian Poets: Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev.
The images in the video aboveĀ include: a painting of Tyutchev by Stepan Aleksandrovsky; a postcard illustrating Munichās Justizpalast in the 1800s; editions of Pushkinās literary journal Š”Š¾Š²ŃŠµŠ¼ŠµŠ½Š½ŠøŠŗ (āThe Contemporaryā), founded in 1836; photographs of Saint Petersburgās canals and Saint Isaacās Cathedral in the 1800s;Ā Ā and a plaque in Munich dedicated to Tyutchev, recounting his time spent in the city.
I intend to post a new one of these every few weeks, with other content to come via YouTube. The podcast is also available to listen to and download via SoundCloud.
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