Publication

2001 - Palgrave, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

46,750 words, Guess

Page Count

187 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number00062605
  • LibraryThing3555986
  • Goodreads1019856

Classifications

  • DDC940.53/38
  • LCCUA26.G3 W55 2001

Description

"Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cultures is the first book-length study of the aesthetic similarities between the French Parnassians, a nineteenth-century group of poets led by Theophile Gautier, and the Russian Acmeist poets, including Osip Mandelstam and Anna Akhmatova, who were active in the second decade of the twentieth century. The Acmeists shared with the Parnassians a classical sensibility, an aspiration to state-of-the-art verbal craftsmanship, and a keen interest in the three-dimensional, physical world. Their love of plastic beauty as embodied in painting, sculpture, and architecture found natural release in verse about works of art. The book shows how Acmeist texts document aspects of Russian Modernist culture while continuing the Parnassian tradition of poetry inspired by visual art."--BOOK JACKET.

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