Russian Symbolism And Literary Tradition

Author : Avril Pyman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521024303
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Russian Symbolism written by Avril Pyman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first detailed history of the Russian Symbolist movement, from its initial hostile reception as a symptom of European decadence to its absorption into the mainstream of Russian literature, and eventual disintegration. It focuses on the two generations of writers whose work served as the seedbed of Existentialism in thought and of Modernism in prose and the performing arts, and reassesses their achievements in the light of modern research. At the centre of the study are the texts themselves, with prose quoted in English translation and poetry given in the original Russian with prose translations. There is a valuable bibliography of primary sources and an extensive chronological appendix. This book will fill a long-felt gap, and will be invaluable to students and teachers of Russian and comparative literature, Symbolism, modernism, and pre-revolutionary Russian culture.

Author : Michael Wachtel
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299144500
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian Symbolism and Literary Tradition written by Michael Wachtel and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Wachtel explores here the art and development of Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949), a poet and theorist who articulated a highly influential concept of Symbolism. The German writers Goethe and Novalis played a powerful part in Ivanov's vision and were, in his mind, powerful precursors in a proto-Symbolist pantheon. Their work not only influenced his writing but also, in maintaining the Symbolist creed of unity in art and life, altered his world perspective. Wachtel, in exploring Ivanov's relationship to Goethe and Novalis, illuminates the issues that lie at the core of Symbolism: the theory of the symbol, poetics, poetry as theurgy, the relationship between literary creation and "real life," and the theory and practice of translation.

Author : Ronald E. Peterson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027215340
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Russian Symbolism written by Ronald E. Peterson and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of Russian Symbolism (1892-1917) has been called the Silver Age of Russian culture, and even the Second Golden Age. Symbolist authors are among the greatest Russian authors of this century, and their activities helped to foster one of the most significant advances in cultural life (in poetry, prose, music, theater, and painting) that has ever been seen there. This book is designed to serve as an introduction to Symbolism in Russia, as a movement, an artistic method, and a world view. The primary emphasis is on the history of the movement itself. Attention is devoted to what the Symbolists wrote, said, and thought, and on how they interacted. In this context, the main actors are the authors of poetry, prose, drama, and criticism, but space is also devoted to the important connections between literary figures and artists, philosophers, and the intelligentsia in general. This broad, detailed and balanced account of this period will serve as a standard reference work an encourage further research among scholars and students of literature.

Author : James D. West
Publisher : London : Methuen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian Symbolism written by James D. West and published by London : Methuen. This book was released on 1970 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald E. Peterson
Publisher : Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ardis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Russian Symbolists written by Ronald E. Peterson and published by Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ardis. This book was released on 1986 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pamela Davidson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521114554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poetic Imagination of Vyacheslav Ivanov written by Pamela Davidson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vyacheslav Ivanov, poet, philosopher and critic, played a key role in the formation of the early twentieth-century Russian literature as leader of the religious branch of the Symbolist movement and his influence spread to Europe after his emigration to Italy in 1924. Pamela Davidson explores Ivanov's poetic method, relating his art to his central beliefs (in particular his interpretation of the ancient Greek religion of Dionysus and of the teachings of Vladimir Solovyov) and considering the ways in which he attempted to embody these ideas in his own life. She focuses on Ivanov's interpretation of Dante and in so doing, opens up fresh perspectives on the wider question of Russia's relation to the Western cultural tradition and Catholicism. Detailed analyses of Ivanov's pre-revolutionary poetry and of his translations from Dante form the basis of the second part of the study and extensive use is made of unpublished archival materials from the Soviet Union and Italy.

Author : J. West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian Symbolism written by J. West and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pamela Davidson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571817587
Total Pages : 552 pages
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Download or read book Russian Literature and Its Demons written by Pamela Davidson and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merezhkovsky's bold claim that "all Russian literature is, to a certain degree, a struggle with the temptation of demonism" is undoubtedly justified. And yet, despite its evident centrality to Russian culture, the unique and fascinating phenomenon of Russian literary demonism has so far received little critical attention. This substantial collection fills the gap. A comprehensive analytical introduction by the editor is follwed by a series of fourteen essays, written by eminent scholars in their fields. The first part explores the main shaping contexts of literary demonism: the Russian Orthodox and folk tradition, the demonization of historical figures, and views of art as intrinsically demonic. The second part traces the development of a literary tradition of demonism in the works of authors ranging from Pushkin and Lermontov, Gogol and Dostoevsky, through to the poets and prose writers of modernism (including Blok, Akhmatova, Bely, Sologub, Rozanov, Zamiatin), and through to the end of the 20th century.

Author : Michael Wachtel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521004930
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry written by Michael Wachtel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Martin P. Rice
Publisher : Ann Arbor : Ardis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Valery Briusov and the Rise of Russian Symbolism written by Martin P. Rice and published by Ann Arbor : Ardis. This book was released on 1975 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: