Less Than One
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Less Than One is a collection of autobiographical essays and literary criticism by Joseph Brodsky that reflects on his life, exile, and the nature of art and language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Joseph Brodsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEssay |
A Guide to a Renamed City
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A Room and a Half NERFINISHED ⓘ Catastrophes in the Air NERFINISHED ⓘ Footnote to a Poem NERFINISHED ⓘ In a Room and a Half NERFINISHED ⓘ Less Than One NERFINISHED ⓘ On Tyranny NERFINISHED ⓘ The Child of Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ The Condition We Call Exile NERFINISHED ⓘ The Keening of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sound of the Tide NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stone That Broke the Poet’s Back NERFINISHED ⓘ To Please a Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Joseph Brodsky’s reputation as an essayist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| discussesAuthor |
Anna Akhmatova
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Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Marina Tsvetaeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Osip Mandelstam NERFINISHED ⓘ W. H. Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussesTheme |
memory and history
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moral responsibility of the writer ⓘ relationship between art and politics ⓘ the nature of language ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essays
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
autobiographical
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émigré ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European modernism
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Russian poetic tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical essays on Russian and European writers
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reflection on exile and identity ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Joseph Brodsky
NERFINISHED
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Russian literature ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ art ⓘ exile ⓘ language ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
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