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Book/Printed Material Poets of hope and despair : the Russian symbolists in war and revolution, 1914-1918

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Title

  • Poets of hope and despair : the Russian symbolists in war and revolution, 1914-1918

Summary

  • "In Poets of Hope and Despair: The Russian Symbolists in War and Revolution (1914-1918), Ben Hellman examines the artistic responses and the philosophical and political attitudes of eight major Russian poets to the First World War and the revolutions of 1917. The historical cataclysms gave rise to apocalyptic premonitions and a thirst for a total spiritual metamorphosis. A major topic of discussion was the role of Russia in this process. Other issues raised were modern Germany, the future of a divided Poland, the occupation of Belgium, and the dilemma of the Russian Jews. In the wake of the military setbacks, hopes were mixed with feelings of fear and despair, all expressed in fictional as well as in nonfictional form"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Hellman, Ben, 1949- author

Created / Published

  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Contents

  • Symbolism before the war -- The war: act I (1914-1915) -- The war: act II (1915-1917) -- The war: act III (1917-1918) -- The symbolist experience 1914-1918.

Headings

  • -  Russian poetry--20th century--History and criticism
  • -  Symbolism in literature

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PG3065.S8

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018032826

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Chicago citation style:

Hellman, Ben, Author. Poets of hope and despair: the Russian symbolists in war and revolution, -1918. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2018] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018032826/.

APA citation style:

Hellman, B. (2018) Poets of hope and despair: the Russian symbolists in war and revolution, -1918. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018032826/.

MLA citation style:

Hellman, Ben, Author. Poets of hope and despair: the Russian symbolists in war and revolution, -1918. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2018] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018032826/>.