Marina Tsvetaeva’s images of the Mother of God in the context of Russian cultural developments in the 1910s-20s

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Abstract

The chapter discusses Marina Tsvetaeva's poetic rendering of famous icons in her Moscow poems in the context of cultural developments in the 1920s-30s, with the focus on the avant-garde art. It includes a brief discussion of Tsvetaeva's poetic dialogue with Mandel'shtam.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFraming Mary
Subtitle of host publicationThe Mother of God in Modern, Revolutionary, and Post-Soviet Russian Culture
EditorsAmy Singleton Adams, Vera Shevzov
Place of PublicationDeKalb, IL
PublisherNorthern Illinois University Press
Chapter6
Pages144-162
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781609092351
ISBN (Print)9780875807768
Publication statusPublished - 24 Apr 2017

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Russian religion
  • Tsvetaeva
  • Russian modernist poetry
  • Virgin Mary and Russian icons
  • The Mother of God

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