Realism and Mysticism in Symbolist Poetry
Symbolists unexpectedly getting closer to the realistic manner of writing. The "palimpsest of memories" in Vyacheslav Ivanov's narrative poem Infancy. Relation of Vyacheslav Ivanov's poetry to Tyutchev's tradition. An accurate portrayal of reality as the essence of Symbolism.
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