Alexander Blok is the greatest poet of the Silver Age of Russian culture, an innovator who changed the face of national poetry in the 20th century. Blok is a symbolist poet whose verses, even if they seem understandable at first glance, reveal new depths of meaning with every reading — and from these poetic lines emerges the living, noble, and highly extraordinary personality of a man who has experienced much.
Reverent hymns in honor of the incomparable Lady, poignant poems about Russia, and verses from the famous cycles "The Snow Mask," "On the Field of Kulikovo," "The Terrible World," "Carmen," "Italian Verses," and many others are included in this book. The "Trilogy of Incarnation," compiled by Blok, like every one of his cycles, is a significant event in Russian poetry, and each poem is an integral part of that event. The theme of bygone sublime love, of former happiness, and of the forever lost Light runs through all of the poet's work. The symbolists were waiting for the second coming of Christ, but the revolution began instead…
Author: Alexander Blok
Pages: 368 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 100x140x23 mm
Series: Collection of Great Poets
