Author: Setchkarev, Vsevolod.
Title: Studies in the life and work of Innokentij Annenskij.
Description: The Hague : Mouton, 1963. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. 270 pp. (Slavistic printings and reprintings, 36). Tear in dustjacket. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Innokentij Fedorovic Annenskij (1855-1909) was a Russian poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of Russian Symbolism. Sometimes cited as a Slavic counterpart to the poètes maudits, Annensky managed to render into Russian the essential intonations of Baudelaire and Verlaine, while the subtle music, ominous allusions, arcane vocabulary, the spell of minutely changing colours and odours were all his own. His influence on the first post-Symbolist generation of poets (Akhmatova, Gumilyov, Mandelshtam) was paramount

Keywords: , russian literature