A History of Russian Symbolism - Softcover

Pyman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521024307 ISBN 13: 9780521024303

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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Review

'Avril Pyman's authoritative book, [is] admirably thorough, well informed and scrupulously researched'. The Times Literary Supplement

Book Description

This book is the first detailed history of the Russian Symbolist movement, which served as the seedbed of Existentialism and Modernism in Russia. It reassesses the Symbolists' achievements in the light of modern research, focusing on their literary works. Prose is quoted in English translation and poetry given in the original Russian with prose translations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521024307
• ISBN 13: 9780521024303
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 504