Valery Bryusov and the riddle of Russian decadence / Joan Delaney Grossman
1985, 1st edition. Berkeley : University of California Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426316
ISBN: 0520051416
Physical description; xii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390) and index. Contents; Russian symbolists -- Chefs d'œuvre: the start of a career -- Symbolism or decadence? -- Me eum esse: decadence and the Caucasus tradition -- Art and the individual talent -- Poet's poet -- Third watch -- Urbi et orbi -- Year 1905 and Stephanos -- Death of a poet? Subjects; Bryusov, Valery Yakovlevich 1873-1924 Criticism and interpretation. BRIUSOV, Valerii IAkovlevich. Bryusov, Valery Yakovlevich 1873-1924. Decadence (Literary movement). Soviet Union. Poetry in Russian Br u sov, Valeri - Critical studies. Poetry in Russian Bri u sov, Valeri.
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