TY - BOOK ID - 3047126 TI - A history of Russian symbolism PY - 1994 VL - *23 SN - 0521241987 0521024307 0511519613 0511867298 9780521241984 9780511519611 9780521024303 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Symbolism (Literary movement) KW - Russian literature KW - Russia KW - History and criticism KW - Intellectual life KW - -History and criticism. KW - History and criticism. KW - -Russian literature KW - Russia. KW - Soviet Union KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Literature KW - Symbolism (Literary movement) - Russia KW - Russian literature - 19th century - History and criticism KW - Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism KW - Russia - Intellectual life - 1801-1917 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3047126 AB - 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. ER -