F. Tyutchev)
..... the great figures in imaginative literature are perpetually contemporary... they never become History. <...> Ancient or modern, they live in the perpetual present of mankind, crowding it with an accumulation of life and a
living variety of human experience.
(Essays in Literature and Society. <...> E. Muir)
THE AUTHOR
A freelance teacher in the north east of England, having taught myself Russian I graduated from the
University of Durham in 1972 with first class honours, following this with doctoral research in the work of
Tyutchev, supervised by R. Lane. <...> FOREWORD BY R. LANE TO THE 1983 EDITION
R. Lane
University of Durham, England
February, 1983
FOREWORD TO THIS EDITION
The poet Fyodor Tyutchev is known and appreciated by too few people outside of Russia, and yet his
position as second to Pushkin (arguably only with the exception of Lermontov) has been acknowledged by
generations of Russian/Soviet writers and critics. <...> The reading public had always cherished his lyrics, although
they did not always have sufficient access to them. <...> Tyutchev can teach much of value about both how to savour
the beauty of fleeting moments and how to face life's adversities with spirit. <...> It is precisely these qualities which have, I believe, been caught admirably in Frank Jude's translations. <...> I believe
that he has tackled sensibly the dilemma of the equation facing all translators of poetry - to what extent to
reproduce the originals. <...> It seems inevitable that some of the rhymes and the other formal features must be
sacrificed to the need to reproduce the "feel" of Tyutchev's often amazing lyrics. <...> Because he has
known and loved the Master for so long, his translations have become consonant with the original poems. <...> This contained poems of great distinction by an
eminent poet, but there was more of Tomlinson in them than Tyutchev. <...> Certain of the illustrations do not present
the poems in the way in which some people might have visualised them, but they are nevertheless a bold break
with the pretty-pretty presentation of anthological pieces hitherto dominant. <...> All in all, I believe that Frank Jude's book is essential reading for students and other readers of Russian
poetry and is to be warmly recommended. <...> Studies carried out by Russian scholars during the late nineteenth century <...>
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The Complete Poems of Tyutchev In An English Translation by F.Jude
Nature, Love And Politics
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DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to Dr. R. Lane of the University of Durham for sharing with me his great expertise
and for his encouragement.
Imperturbable form is the outward sign of nature's utter consonance. Only our spectral liberty imparts a
sense of dissonance.
Whence this disharmony? How did it arise? In the general chorus, why this solo refrain? Why do our
souls not sing like the sea and why must the thinking reed complain? (The sea is harmony. F. Tyutchev)
..... the great figures in imaginative literature are perpetually contemporary... they never become History.
Ancient or modern, they live in the perpetual present of mankind, crowding it with an accumulation of life and a
living variety of human experience.
(Essays in Literature and Society. E. Muir)
THE AUTHOR
A freelance teacher in the north east of England, having taught myself Russian I graduated from the
University of Durham in 1972 with first class honours, following this with doctoral research in the work of
Tyutchev, supervised by R. Lane. The research was never completed and I returned to it some four years ago,
one result being this book.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
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