A History of Russian Symbolism by Avril Pyman
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.
'Avril Pyman's authoritative book, [is] admirably thorough, well informed and scrupulously researched'The Times Literary Supplement
Pyman, Avril: - Avril Pyman taught Russian and Russian Literature at University of Durham, and is the author of The Life of Aleksandr Blok and History of Russian Symbolism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521241984 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521241987 |
| Title | A History of Russian Symbolism |
| Author | Avril Pyman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1994-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 500 |
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