Poetry and Psychiatry: Essays on Early Twentieth-Century Russian Symbolist Culture

by Magnus Ljunggren and Magnus Ljunggren

Book Overview

A century ago the Symbolists in Moscow and St. Petersburg dreamed of a fundamental transformation of life in Russia. From their reading of signs in the heavens, these poets, philosophers, and mystics sensed that tsardom was on the threshold of an apocalyptic upheaval. They were influenced by Vladimir Solovyov and Friedrich Nietzsche, but under the impact of the 1905 Revolution they later also subscribed to current radical political ideas. The eventual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618113690
• ISBN13: 9781618113696
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"