Reconsidering the Textology of N. Gumilev’s Poetry Collection “The Marquee”
Journal: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences eBooks
Year: 2024

This article addresses the complex textual problem of the main source of N. Gumilev’s poetry collection “The Marquee”. It examines the debate about which version of the text is authoritative — the Sevastopol or the Reval edition sanctified by the last author’s will — as well as tracing the genesis of “The Marquee” and its publishing history. It is shown that the Reval version was a renunciation of the Sevastopol edition, distorted by cuts made under the pressure of insurmountable material circum