This text is the study of the aesthetic similarities between the French Parnassians, a 19th century group of poets led by Theophile Gautier, and the Russian Acmeist poets, including Osip Mandelstam and Anna Akhmatova, who were active in the second decade of the 20th century. The Acmeists shared with the Parnassians a classical sensibility, an aspiration to state-of-the-art verbal craftsmanship, and a keen interest in the three dimensional, physical world. Their love of plastic beauty as embodied in painting, sculpture, and architecture found natural release in verse about works of art. The book shows how Acmeist texts document aspects of Russian Modernist culture while continuing the Parnassian tradition of poetry inspired by visual art.
- ISBN10 031229946X
- ISBN13 9780312299460
- Publish Date 1 October 2001 (first published 23 February 2001)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave MacMillan
- Format eBook
- Pages 320
- Language English