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The Bedbug and Selected Poetry Paperback – October 22, 1975

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This selection of Mayakovsky's work covers his entire career―from the earliest pre-revolutionary lyrics to a poem found in a notebook after his suicide. Splendid translations of the poems, with the Russian on a facing page, and a fresh, colloquial version of Mayakovsky's dramatic masterpiece, The Bedbug.

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    Indiana University Press
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    October 22, 1975
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    5.52 x 0.93 x 7.88 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0253201896
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    978-0253201898
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press (October 22, 1975)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0253201896
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0253201898
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.52 x 0.93 x 7.88 inches
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4.3 out of 5 stars
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The Bedbug: A historical play, not a docudrama
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The Bedbug: A historical play, not a docudrama
The Bedbug is an adapted historical play rather than a straight and true docudrama. Mayakovsky's play satirizes the NEP, the New Economy Policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, as a temporary means that allows the economy to become more independent. Mayakovsky depicts the petty bourgeois, Ivan, as a ‘Bedbug’ or "Bourgeoisius Vulgaris" who wants his house to be “like a horn of plenty.” In contrast to "Bedbugus Normalis," Ivan gorges on the body of all mankind. He is frozen and later melted by scientific endeavor which distinguishes the play from a real documentary drama.
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Anthony Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars A Genius who made himself a Poet
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2010
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At twelve years of age Mayakovsky was displaying the extraordinary behaviour which was to characterise his life.In his teens he wore a yellow jacket and proclaimed himself a Nihilist.When he turned himself into a poet he never altered his extraordinary course through life.When he shot himself at the age of 36 Boris Pasternak went to the house where Mayakovsky lay, looked over him and went into a corner and wept.Akhamatova asked by Isiah Berlin if she considered Mayakovsky a great Poet replied no, but added that he was a genius.The Ferociously intelligent Marina Tsvetaeva took Mayakovsky's side when he visited Paris and the Emigre community of Russians shunned him as a Party hack, which he had indeed become. Tsvetaeva saw more in him than this and took his side.In 1921 she had written a short but insightful poem entitled 'To Mayakovsky'it praised him as "my clumsy footed angel" Apart from his time playing the role of 'Party Hack' Mayakovsky defies categorisation.I bought this book when it was originally published in 1960 and cherish it much as I cherish Hart Crane's 'The Bridge'.In 1930 one year before his death in the poem 'At The Top Of My Voice'Mayakovsky showed clearly that he had begun to revert to his previous unorthodox identity.He said clearly:
"Agitprop sticks in my teeth too"
Mayakovsky knew what he had become; and in 1931 shot himself through the heart.A remarkable poet who for all of his failings was adored by the Russian people.For me he stands amongst the greatest.A.Murphy.
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RMutt
5.0 out of 5 stars Great poet
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2017
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Great poet
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Laura E.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018
I really liked some of the poems, others just weren't for me. I rounded up since I didn't finish the play and can't really express an honest opinion on it.
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Innesa
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2015
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Great poet. Would definitely recommend.
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Chelsea
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2015
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Martin Foroz
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bedbug: A historical play, not a docudrama
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023
The Bedbug is an adapted historical play rather than a straight and true docudrama. Mayakovsky's play satirizes the NEP, the New Economy Policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, as a temporary means that allows the economy to become more independent. Mayakovsky depicts the petty bourgeois, Ivan, as a ‘Bedbug’ or "Bourgeoisius Vulgaris" who wants his house to be “like a horn of plenty.” In contrast to "Bedbugus Normalis," Ivan gorges on the body of all mankind. He is frozen and later melted by scientific endeavor which distinguishes the play from a real documentary drama.
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Martin Foroz
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bedbug: A historical play, not a docudrama
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023
The Bedbug is an adapted historical play rather than a straight and true docudrama. Mayakovsky's play satirizes the NEP, the New Economy Policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, as a temporary means that allows the economy to become more independent. Mayakovsky depicts the petty bourgeois, Ivan, as a ‘Bedbug’ or "Bourgeoisius Vulgaris" who wants his house to be “like a horn of plenty.” In contrast to "Bedbugus Normalis," Ivan gorges on the body of all mankind. He is frozen and later melted by scientific endeavor which distinguishes the play from a real documentary drama.
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Boris Zubry
5.0 out of 5 stars THE VOICE OF REVOLUTION.
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2002
His verses are curses,
His words are sharp swords,
His phrases are races
Of animal herds,
He slashes and bashes,
He kicks and he bites,
The world of the uselessness,
Bleeds and than dies.
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Kit'sKat
3.0 out of 5 stars great poetry but a bad format
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2009
I do appreciate the publishers attempting to make Mayakovsky available in English and Russian. This book features only 13 poems in and a short play, albeit in both original Russian and translated English, but none the less it's just too few. It's a shame how few of Vladimir Mayakovsky's poems and pieces are currently available in English, but then again it has a large amount to do with the intrinsic nature of the poem's beauty belonging solely in its original Russian format. This book, in my opinion, is simply too big and costs too much for the content, unless you get it used. The poems need footnotes to really be understood in both English and Russian because much of it has no meaning without historical and biographical context, much like a T.S. Eliot can't be understood without the guidance of a professor or a very, very specifically educated mind. The editors try to solve this contextual problem with a biographical and era introduction that unfortunately centers more on the too broad scope of the Russian Revolution and the too narrow times of adulations that Mayakovsky received as he impressed more people throughout his time of his fame. I believe there could be more context if we'd learned about the different life stages of the poet and and his struggles specific to each poem, not just how much attention he garnered. The only other book in English publication about Mayakovsky which is very common, When Night Wraps the Sky, tries to tell too much about Mayakovsky's personal life, almost like a boring timeline of facts with intermittent flashes of his poetry in-between that are accompanied by overpowering and as result, blanching commentary by other writers. To conclude, if you want to read Mayakovsky, learn Russian, but if you only know English then this book is your best choice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Myaskovsky killed himself...
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