Victor Dmitriev

author of Mandelshtam as a Symbolist

February 4, 2013

Dmitriev was born in 1946 in Leningrad. He graduated in 1970 from the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. He earned his Ph.D. in 1990 from UCLA. He has authored three books, A Silver Guest, poETHIKS, and Philosophical and Poetic Thought of Russian Symbolism. He is currently a professor of Russian Language and Literature at Oklahoma State University.

This book is devoted to the work of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. It is believed that O. Mandelstam was an acmeist. Acmeism played the role of an opponent of an extremely popular literary movement at the time, namely symbolism. The main idea of this study is Mandelstam's belonging to the circle of acmeists and, consequently, to the movement of acmeism. This does not contradict the fact that, at the same time, Mandelstam served as a bright and expressive representative of symbolism. It is from this position that the author is analyzing the poetry of Mandelstam, as well as the articles and manifestos, which were dedicated to the problems of poetic theory and practice. A significant part of the book is devoted to the analysis of Mandelstam's work by American Slavists.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2013-honorees/victor-dmitriev

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