An archaic innovator. Velimir Khlebnikov as a mirror of the Silver Age's world of ideas. – Ural Mark – Aleteia – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-00267-174-8
An archaic innovator. Velimir Khlebnikov as a mirror of the Silver Age's world of ideas.
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An archaic innovator. Velimir Khlebnikov as a mirror of the Silver Age's world of ideas.
39.99 €
Mark Uralsky's new book is dedicated to the spiritual world of Velimir Khlebnikov, a prominent figure in the Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Velimir Khlebnikov's worldview is a synthesis of poetic clairvoyance and rational-mathematical calculations, within which he acted as the "King of Time" and the "Chairman of the Globe," revealed in words, culminating in his work, "The Silver Age." Khlebnikov "was characterized by asking fundamental, pivotal questions: What is history and nature? What is space and time? What is death and fate? What is number and word? What is, above all, man and his creativity?" (R. Duganov). Khlebnikov imposed his linguistics, and sometimes even mathematics, on poetry and believed that through the "star language" and sound art he developed, one could directly influence the world. He "cultivated" words from roots, creating neologisms that were ahead of their time. His poetry "is like a vast dictionary, encompassing all times, worlds, and spaces, where words live a primordial life. …Khlebnikov has it all!" (O. Mandelstam).
Khlebnikov's works are not "easy reading," but rather examples of hermeneutic poetry that demands considerable intellectual effort to comprehend. "Khlebnikov is at the heights, not in a naive, symbolic sense, but in a concrete sense: like something growing on the mountains. Trees growing on the mountains are no better or more beautiful than those growing in the valleys. They are simply mountain trees. To reach them, you need not so much skill as an interest in trees and perseverance" (V. Markov). There is no direct route to the "Khlebnikov heights"; a long, arduous journey leads there. This book by Mark Uralsky will help the reader embark on this journey.
Khlebnikov's works are not "easy reading," but rather examples of hermeneutic poetry that demands considerable intellectual effort to comprehend. "Khlebnikov is at the heights, not in a naive, symbolic sense, but in a concrete sense: like something growing on the mountains. Trees growing on the mountains are no better or more beautiful than those growing in the valleys. They are simply mountain trees. To reach them, you need not so much skill as an interest in trees and perseverance" (V. Markov). There is no direct route to the "Khlebnikov heights"; a long, arduous journey leads there. This book by Mark Uralsky will help the reader embark on this journey.