Russian Symbolism and Literary Tradition: Goethe, Novalis and the Poetics of Vyacheslav Ivanov - Hardcover

Wachtel, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 029914450X ISBN 13: 9780299144500

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994

Synopsis

This work explores the art and development of Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949), the poet and theorist who articulated a highly influential concept of Symbolism. The German writers Goethe and Novalis also played a central part in his vision, being precursors in the proto-Symbolist pantheon.

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Review:

"Through assiduous research, including the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rome, Munich, Berlin, and Marbach and by deftly combining the latest tools of literary theory and biography with those of poetics, Wachtel has been able to reveal new meanings and stylistic characteristics in Ivanov's poetic practice. A prime example of a scholar writing for other scholars, this work will be of interest to Slavists, Germanists, and comparatists, and to scholars studying literary theory and history of poetics."
Andre Von Gronicka, University of Pennsylvania"

About the Author:

Michael Wachtel is assistant professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at Princeton University. He has published several articles on Ivanov and German literature in Russian, German, and English. His book, A Commentary to Pushkin's Lyric Poetry, 1826 1836, is also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. "

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 029914450X
• ISBN 13: 9780299144500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260