Maximilian Voloshin's poetic legacy and the post-Soviet Russian identity
By: Marianna S. Landa
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781137482617
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Russian poetry; History and criticism
Description: "A Russian modernist poet, Maximilian Voloshin (1877-1932) gained wide acclaim after his release from Soviet censorship. Voloshin's religious and anti-totalitarian poems about Russia's and Crimea's history brought him extraordinary popularity during the two crises of Russian identity that accompanied the creation and dissolution of the USSR from 1917 through the 1920s and from 1991 through 2014. Analyzing his poems and readers' responses to them in their historical context, Landa positions Voloshin's myth of Russia as a model for national reconciliation. The book ends with the annexation of Crimea and its aftermath as Voloshin's peacemaking appeal was made relevant again for the government and the opposition: the Russians, Ukrainians, and Tatars"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Bolshevik Revolution; title: The years of apprenticeship; title: The poet of Russia during the Civil War; title: Poems on the red terror in the Crimea; title: Dissolution of the USSR; title: Confronting Russia's past and present; title: Dreaming of a free Russia; title: Voloshin and Russia's religious revival; title: Conclusion.