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Contents
Introduction 9
Chapter One
The Evolution of the Lyric Hero 14
Stone 17
Tristia 23
Verses 1921-25 30
From Poetry to Prose 34
The End of the Novel 37
Westernizing Buddhism 40
The Nature of the World 43
Chapter Two: The Noise of Time
Literary Reminiscences of Russian Childhoods 49
Music and Memory 63
Thematic Patterns 73
Chapter Three: The Egyptian Stamp
Towards a New Prose 84
The Fire of Time 96
Associative Chains 106
Reading, Writing, Delirium 121
The Implicit Author 132
The Design of The Egyptian Stamp 139
Chapter Four: "Fourth Prose" And "Journey to Armenia"
"Fourth Prose" 143
"Journey to Armenia" 153
Conclusion 164
Notes 169
Works Cited 178
"...Isenberg has done Mandel'shtam scholarship a service." (SR) "...his discussion of the structures, themes and problems of the prose remains balanced, lucid and accessible throughout... it (a future study) could not afford to neglect Isenberg's sensitive, important readings of Mandel'shtam's literary prose." (SEEJ)
"...tragt Wesentliches zum Verstandis einer schwierigen, experimentellen Prosa bei..." (KL)
