Fallacy of Silver Age

by Omry Ronen

Book Overview

In this study, Ronen critically examines the term "Silver Age", which over the years has gained such wide currency among historians and connoisseurs of 20th century Russian culture. The author traces the origin and the controversial development of what he condemns as an influential misnomer. Ronen sets out to debunk the myth that attributes invention of the term to Nikolai Berdiaev, and in turn traces this widely used catchword in the critical idiom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9057025507
• ISBN13: 9789057025501
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher