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Ivan Konevskoi : "Wise Child" of Russian Symbolism

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Ivan Konevskoi: “Wise Child” of Russian Symbolism is the first study in any language of Ivan Konevskoi—poet, thinker, mystic—for many decades the “lost genius” of Russian modernism. A fresh and compelling figure, Konevskoi plunged deeply into the currents of modern mystical thought and art in the 1890s. A passionate searcher for immortality, he developed his own version of pantheism meant to guard his unique persona from dissolution in the All-One. The poetry of Tiutchev, Vladimir Solov’ev Soloviev and Rossetti, William James’s psychology, paintings of Pre-Raphaelites and Arnold Boecklin, Old Russian historical myth, the Finnish Kalevala: all engaged him during his brief life. His worldview grew more audacious, his confidence in the magical power of the word grew more assured. Drowning in 1901 at 23, Konevskoi left a legacy unfinished, rich, and intriguing.

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Series Title

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history

Call Number

891.7 GRO i

Publisher

: ., 2020

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781618117014

Classification

891.7

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text

Media Type

computer

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online resource

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Subject(s)

Russian literature

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Statement of Responsibility

Joan Delaney Grossman

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maya

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