Poets of the world in the translations of the Silver Age

The masterpieces of world poetry, as a rule, are known to us in translation, because to understand the original it is necessary not only to know the foreign language, but to distinguish between the smallest nuances of sounds and meanings. But whose voice do we really hear in the enchanting lines of Byron, Heine or Baudelaire - the author or translator? Or are they intertwined so that it is impossible to divide them?
Translators, whose work is presented in this collection, namely Innocent Annensky, Konstantin Balmont, Alexander Blok, Valery Bryusov, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Mikhail Kuzmin, Osip Mandelstam, Fedor Sologub and Marina Tsvetaeva - famous poets of the Silver Age. And they are actually full co -authors of classical poems. Acquaintance with their translations will allow the reader to come into contact not only with the best examples of foreign poetry, but also with the great poetic heritage of the Silver Age