The Symphonies

by Andrei Bely

Book Overview

Andrei Bely is best known for the modernist masterwork Petersburg, a paradigmatic example of how modern writers strove to evoke the fragmentation of language, narrative, and consciousness. In the early twentieth century, Bely embarked on his life as an artist with texts he called "symphonies"--works experimenting with genre and sound, written in a style that shifts among prosaic, poetic, and musical. This book presents Bely's four Symphonies--"Dramatic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231199090
• ISBN13: 9780231199094
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"