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The Symphonies (Paperback)
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The Symphonies (Paperback)
Series: Russian Library
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List price R614
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Discovery Miles 5 680
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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
Symphony," "Northern Symphony," "The Return," and "Goblet of
Blizzards"-fantastically strange stories that capture the banality
of life, the intimacy of love, and the enchantment of art. The
Symphonies are quintessential works of modernist innovation in
which Bely developed an evocative mythology and distinctive
aesthetics. Influenced by Russian Symbolism, Bely believed that the
role of modern artists was to imbue seemingly small details with
cosmic significance. The Symphonies depict the drabness of daily
life with distinct irony and satire-and then soar out of
turn-of-the-century Moscow into the realm of the infinite and
eternal. They conjure worlds that resemble our own but reveal
elements of artifice and magic, hinting at mystical truths and the
complete transfiguration of life. Showcasing the protean quality of
Bely's language and storytelling, Jonathan Stone's translation of
the Symphonies features some of the most captivating and beguiling
writing of Russia's Silver Age.
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