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The Third Rome. Imperial visions, messianic dreams. 1890-1940

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The Third Rome. Imperial visions, messianic dreams. 1890-1940
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Through a comprehensive analysis of imperialism, religious prophecy, and nationalism in literature, Judith Kalb addresses Russia's self-identification with Rome between 1890 and 1940. By examining the texts of six writers - D. Merezhkovsky, V. Brusov, A. Blok, Vyach Ivanov, M. Bulgakov, and M. Kuzmin - the author argues that the myth of Russian (Scythian) Rome not only survived the collapse of the empire and the emergence of a new state, but was revived to create a new national identity. Using the multifaceted symbolism and rhetoric associated with Rome, Russian modernist authors attempted to integrate Russia's national history into an archetypal Western narrative and at the same time assert the importance of the often neglected role of the Eastern partner.
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