Aleksandr Blok: The Journey to Italy, With English Translations of the Poems and Prose Sketches on Italy (English and Russian Edition)

By Lucy E. Vogel. Includes The Original Russian Text Of The Translated Works. Bibliography: P. [265]-275. Acknowledgments......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Illustrations......Page 11 Biographical Sketch......Page 12 Introduction......Page 24 I Before 1909......Page 39 II Ideological Influences. Before the Journey......Page 49 III Venice: The Dreamer’s Stance......Page 61 IV Ravenna: A Gleam of “New Life”......Page 104 V Florence: The Smoldering Iris......Page 121 VI Additional Perspectives on the Italian Poems......Page 165 VII Conclusion......Page 183 Prose Sketches and Poems......Page 198 A Note on the Translations......Page 200 Lightning Flashes of Art. An Unfinished Book of “Italian Impressions”......Page 204 The Italian Poems. The Russian texts with English translations on facing pages......Page 238 Bibliography......Page 288 Index......Page 300