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Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cultures
Maria Rubins
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Description for Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cultures
Hardback. BIC Classification: YQS. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 525.
Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cultures is the first book-length study of the aesthetic similarities between the French Parnassians, a 19th-century group of poets led by Théophile Gautier, and the Russian Acmeist poets, including Osip Mandelstam and Anna Akhmatova, who were active in the second decade of the 20th century. The Acmeists shared with the Parnassians a classical sensibility, an aspiration to state-of-the-art verbal craftsmanship, and a keen interest in the three-dimensional, physical world. Their love of plastic beauty as embodied in painting, sculpture, and architecture found natural release in verse about works of art. The book shows how Acmeist ... Read more
Crossroad of Arts, Crossroad of Cultures is the first book-length study of the aesthetic similarities between the French Parnassians, a 19th-century group of poets led by Théophile Gautier, and the Russian Acmeist poets, including Osip Mandelstam and Anna Akhmatova, who were active in the second decade of the 20th century. The Acmeists shared with the Parnassians a classical sensibility, an aspiration to state-of-the-art verbal craftsmanship, and a keen interest in the three-dimensional, physical world. Their love of plastic beauty as embodied in painting, sculpture, and architecture found natural release in verse about works of art. The book shows how Acmeist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Language
English
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312229511
SKU
V9780312229511
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About Maria Rubins
Maria Rubins lives in New York City and works as a literary critic for Kirkus Reviews.
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