"Falter Not in Practising Tenderheartedness": Notes on Political Subjectivity in Contemporary Russian Poetry. (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Maiofis, Maria
• Is Part Of: Russian studies in literature. Volume 54:Number 1/3(2018)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 119
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Periodicals; 891.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10611975.2018.1507398
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1061-1975

Abstract

Abstract : In "Falter Not in Practicing Tenderheartedness, " Maria Maiofis argues that the political sphere does not lose autonomy in poetry by the "generation of the 1990s, " since different realities are acquiring primary significance. Contemporary poetry's reaction to political events is an indispensable part of a wider lyrical reaction of the author/hero who seeks involvement and participation in global events. Maofis concludes by comparing this tendency to the writing of Aleksandr Radishchev.