Silver Age of Russian Poetry
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Silver Age (Сере́бряный век) is a term traditionally applied by Russian
History
Although the Silver Age may be said to have truly begun with the appearance of
The early 20th century was the period of both social and cultural upheavals and pursuits. Realistic portrayal of life did not satisfy authors any longer, and their argument with the classics of the 19th century generated a bundle of new literary movements.
Although the Silver Age was dominated by the artistic movements of
The Silver Age ended after the Russian Civil War. Blok's death and Nikolai Gumilev's execution in 1921, as well as the appearance of the highly influential Pasternak collection, My Sister is Life (1922), marked the end of the era. The Silver Age was nostalgically looked back to by émigré poets, led by Georgy Ivanov in Paris and Vladislav Khodasevich in Berlin.
See also
References
- OCLC 24430100.
Further reading
- Gasparov, Boris (2011). "Poetry of the Silver Age". In Evgeny Dobrenko; Marina Balina (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Russian Literature. Cambridge Companions to Literature. ISBN 978-0-521-69804-7.
External links
- Silver Age of Russian Poetry
- http://gallery.urc.ac.ru/en/exhibitions/russia/silver/
- Silver Age of Russian Poetry - Russian language site with links to works by poets of Silver Age and explanations of different poetic schools during that period
- Poetry translations into English from the Silver Age era