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Joseph Brodsky, "The End of a Beautiful Era" from Collected Poems in English, 1972-1999. Copyright © 2000 by the Estate of Joseph Brodsky. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
The End of a Beautiful Era. Joseph Brodsky's poetry embodied his conviction that language is older than state. by Elena Gorokhova. / Share. Joseph Brodsky was born in 1940 in Leningrad, in what he called “the most beautiful city on the face of the earth.
24 de dic. de 1971 · December 24, 1971. By Joseph Brodsky. For V.S. When it’s Christmas we’re all of us magi. At the grocers’ all slipping and pushing. Where a tin of halvah, coffee-flavored, is the cause of a human assault-wave. by a crowd heavy-laden with parcels: each one his own king, his own camel. Nylon bags, carrier bags, paper cones,
The End of a Beautiful Era | English Poems. Joseph Brodsky. Since the stern art of poetry calls for words, I, morose, deaf, and balding ambassador of a more or less. insignificant nation that’ s stuck in this super. power, wishing to spare my old brain, hand myself my own topcoat and head for the main. street: to purchase the evening paper.
- What Is La Belle Époque?
- Historical Context
- Cultural Contributions
- The End of An Era
Literally translated to “the beautiful era,” Paris' La Belle Époque lasted from 1871 to 1914. During this time, several aspects of Parisian culture saw important developments. In fine art, Impressionist, Cubist, and Fauvist pioneers revolutionized painting, and graphic designers elevated printmaking to a fine art form. Architects executed plans for...
In the summer of 1871, the City of Light was finding its footing after the fall of the Paris Commune. The Paris Commune was a revolutionary government that emerged as a result of France's defeat during the Franco-Prussian War and, consequently, the collapse of Napoleon III's Second Empire. Backed by the National Guard, this radical left-wing commun...
Iconic Architecture
Paris' architectural developments during La Belle Époque cannot be understated. In addition to the Eiffel Tower—a “great pylon” designed to serve as an entrance to the Exposition Universelle, or World’s Fair, in 1889—the period saw the construction of Beaux-Arts buildings like the Gare d'Orsay (the present-day Musée d'Orsay), the Petit Palais, the Grand Palais, and the Palais Garnier, Paris' premier opera house. The dazzling domes of Grands Magasins, or department stores, changed the skyline;...
Avant-Garde Art
In fin de siècle (“end of century”) Paris, art underwent an avant-garde overhaul. Until the 1870s, most French painters clung to the traditional tastes of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. This prestigious Parisian organization held annual salons that exhibited a carefully selected collection of art. Typically, the jury favored works featuring conventional subject matter, from historic portraits to religious allegories. Reacting against these stifling standards, a group of artists—including Claude...
Notable Writers
During La Belle Époque, Paris became a writers' hub. Among its most influential figures were short story pioneer Guy de Maupassant and Naturalist novelist, playwright, and journalist Émile Zola. Even Romantic writer Victor Hugo—who was raised in Paris but lived in exile from 1851—returned to the French capital in 1871 at the age of 68. While he wrote his most famous Paris-set works years earlier (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérablesin 1831 and 1862, respectively), his lifelong work...
Just as military conflict sparked Paris' Golden Age, it also extinguished it. The onset of World War Ibrought an abrupt end to the period of prosperity, as Paris' recent cultural developments were overshadowed by mobilization efforts. In fact, it was during the war that La Belle Époque retroactively received its romantic name. Though the era has lo...
The Belle Époque (French pronunciation:) or La Belle Époque (French for 'The Beautiful Era') was a period of French and European history that began after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and continued until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
The end of a beautiful era, by Stjepan Sejic. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Share. Sort by: Best. Open comment sort options. Best. Top. New. Controversial. Old. Q&A. deathtotheemperor. •. I love how Stjepan just screws around and doodles stuff that's better than half the art that actually gets published.
