The Word Made Self

by Thomas Seifrid

Book Overview

When Osip Mandelstam wrote that the Russian word was "sentient and breathing flesh," he voiced one of the most powerful themes in his culture. In The Word Made Self, Thomas Seifrid explores this Russian fascination with the power of the word as expressed in the work of philosophers, theologians, and artists of the Silver Age and early Soviet period. He shows that their diverse works (poems, novels, philosophical and religious tracts) share an attempt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801443164
• ISBN13: 9780801443169
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher