The First Encounter: 1480 (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

Bely, Andrey; Berberova, Nina; Janacek, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691603138 ISBN 13: 9780691603131

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2015

Synopsis

First published in Russian in 1921 and never translated, Andrey Bely's long narrative poem-considered to be one of the great achievements of Russian Modernism-is translated to English here. A poet, critic, philosopher, and novelist, Bely was a leading figure among the Russian Symbolists, and The First Encounter is thought to be his greatest work in verse. The poem is autobiographical and reflects turn of-the-century Moscow with its mixture of entrenched positivism and new spiritualistic trends, cultural variety and the upheaval of the time.

Originally published in 1979.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691603138
• ISBN 13: 9780691603131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164