Publication

1994 - University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis, Wisconsin

Language

English

Word Count

61,750 words, Guess

Page Count

247 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL1100834M
  • ISBN-10029914450X
  • OCLC Control Number30701445
  • Library of Congress Control Number94025682
  • Goodreads1997828
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  • LibraryThing3261232

Classifications

  • DDC891.71/3
  • LCCPG3467.I8 Z96 1994

Description

Michael Wachtel explores here the art and development of Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949), a poet and theorist who articulated a highly influential concept of Symbolism. The German writers Goethe and Novalis played a powerful part in Ivanov's vision and were, in his mind, powerful precursors in a proto-Symbolist pantheon. Their work not only influenced his writing but also, in maintaining the Symbolist creed of unity in art and life, altered his world perspective. Wachtel, in exploring Ivanov's relationship to Goethe and Novalis, illuminates the issues that lie at the core of Symbolism: the theory of the symbol, poetics, poetry as theurgy, the relationship between literary creation and "real life," and the theory and practice of translation.

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Topics

InfluenceCriticism and interpretationSymbolism (Literary movement)Novalis, 1772-1801 -- Influence.Symbolism (Literary movement) -- Russia.Ivanov, v. i. (viacheslav ivanovich), 1866-1949Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Influence.

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