{"product_id":"mayakovsky-v-selected-poems-izbrannye-stikhi-pyatigorsk-1940-in-russian","title":"Mayakovsky, V. Selected Poems (Izbrannye stikhi). Pyatigorsk, 1940. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eВладимир Маяковский. Избранные стихи.\u003cbr\u003eРедактор С. П. Бабаевский.\u003cbr\u003eПятигорск: Орджоникидзевское краевое издательство, 1940.\u003cbr\u003e112 с. Уменьшенный формат. Твердый издательский переплет.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eVladimir Mayakovsky.\u003cbr\u003eSelected Poems (Izbrannye stikhi).\u003cbr\u003eEdited by S. P. Babayevsky.\u003cbr\u003ePyatigorsk: Ordzhonikidze Regional Publishing House, 1940.\u003cbr\u003e112 pp. Pocket format. Publisher's hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1940 edition of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s selected verses is a poignant cultural artifact issued exactly ten years after the poet’s tragic death. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Soviet literary canon, including the arrangement of works that define Mayakovsky’s transition from a rebellious avant-garde futurist to the \"best and most talented\" poet of the socialist era, a status officially cemented by Stalin’s personal endorsement in the mid-1930s. Published in Pyatigorsk by the Ordzhonikidze Regional Publishing House, this volume is a notable example of pre-war regional Soviet book production, edited by S.P. Babayevsky, who would later become a prominent Stalin Prize-winning novelist. The collection features essential agitational and lyrical poems, reflecting the rigorous ideological selection of the late 1930s intended for mass education.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the official institutionalization of Mayakovsky’s legacy in the North Caucasus region, illustrating how his \"loud-voiced\" poetry was disseminated to every corner of the Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44250285375530,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_0641-2.jpg?v=1775930045","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/mayakovsky-v-selected-poems-izbrannye-stikhi-pyatigorsk-1940-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}