English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance

by Rachel Polonsky

Book Overview

The turn of the nineteenth century, a time of exceptional creativity in Russia, was also a time of great receptivity to foreign cultural influences. Among the most important of these were English poetry and aesthetic thought, which gave new impetus to the Russian imagination. This 1998 book is a study of the Russian reception of English literature from Romanticism to aestheticism, focusing particularly on the reception by Russian poets of Shelley,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521027470
• ISBN13: 9780521027472
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"