Introduction: Poetry of the Russian Silver Age
Journal: Academic Studies Press eBooks
Year: 2019

P oetry is only one of the exciting cultural achievements of the Russian fin-de-sicle, which has come to be known as the Silver Age. Along with the Ballets russes, the music of Alexander Scriabin or Igor Stravinsky, the avantgarde painting of Kazimir Malevich or Marc Chagall, and the philosophical writings of Lev Shestov or Nikolai Berdyaev, poetry is one of the era's most precious treasures. The Silver Age witnessed an unprecedented and fruitful interaction between Russian literature and the ot