Unorthodox Beauty - Russian Modernism and Its New Religious Aesthetic

Klappentext Shows how Russian poets of the early twentieth century consciously adapted Russian Orthodox culture in order to create a distinctly religious modernism. Martha M.F. Kelly contends that, beyond mere themes, these writers developed an entire poetics that drew on liturgical tradition. Specifically, Russian Orthodoxy held out the possibility of unifying spirit and matter, as well as a host of other dichotomies. Zusammenfassung Unorthodox Beauty shows how Russian poets of the early twentieth century consciously adapted Russian Orthodox culture in order to create a distinctly religious modernism. Martha M. F. Kelly contends that, beyond mere themes, these writers developed an entire poetics that drew on liturgical tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Kelly, Martha M. F. Kelly
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780810132382
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-3238-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Studies in Russian Literature; Studies in Russian Literature and Theory; Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies