Russian Symbolist Theatre: An Anthology of Plays & Critical Texts by ed. Michael Green

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Pages: 384

In the years before the Russian Revolution, many of the countryâGé¼s leading dramatists rejected the realism of their predecessors in favour of a symbolism inspired by Ibsen and Maeterlinck. This unique anthology brings to life the heady fin-de-siècle Russian theatre with translations of plays by Blok, Sologub and Kuzmin, alongside polemical essays by Briusov, Bely and others. A general introduction and insightful prefaces set the writers and their work in their cultural and historical context.