1st Edition

Fallacy of Silver Age

By Omry Ronen Copyright 1997
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

In this study, Ronen critically examines the term "Silver Age", which over the years has gained such wide currency among historians and connoisseurs of 20th century Russian culture. The author traces the origin and the controversial development of what he condemns as an influential misnomer. Ronen sets out to debunk the myth that attributes invention of the term to Nikolai Berdiaev, and in turn... Read more
Introduction to the Series, Series Editor’s Foreword, Acknowledgments, 1 The Notion of the Russian Silver Age Today, 2 “The Parnassus of the Silver Age” or “the Second Russian Renaissance”? Sergei MakovskiiNilolai Berdiaev, 3 The Silver of Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandel’shtam, and Gumilev, 4 “The Silver Age” of Numbers, 5 Vladimir Piast’s Chronology and the Original Meaning of the Term “Silver Age of Russian Poetry”, 6 The Detractors of Postsymbolism: “Ippolit Udush’ev” and “Gleb Marev”, 7 The Adamantine Age, “the Golden Age in One’s Pocket,” and the Platinum Age, Notes, Literature, Index

Biography

Omry Ronen