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Poets of hope and despair : the Russian symbolists in war and revolution, 1914-1918 / by Ben Hellman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Russian history and culture ; Volume 21.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004366817
  • 9004366814
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poets of hope and despair.LOC classification:
  • PG3065.S8
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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.
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.
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"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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