Abstract:
The studies included in the collective monograph cover a wide range of issues related to the biography as well as intellectual, artistic and religious aspects of the Merezhkovskys’ activities. The monograph consists of two sections. The first one considers the distinguishing features of the poetics and themes of the Merezhkovskys’ works in their convergence and divergence from the experience of European predecessors and contemporaries, clarifying their cultural preferences, illuminating religious searchings and political predilections. The second section contains studies on the biography of the Merezhkovskys, which describe their circle of contacts and diverse interests, exposing everyday hardships and some personal traits. The “Publications” section reproduces archival materials and the bibliographic list of musical scores of Z.N. Gippius. The “Appendix” features materials regarding the perception of the personality and works of D.S. Merezhkovsky in France, further characterizing the Merezhkovskys’ personal contacts, their participation in Russian and French cultural life. The design of the monograph features rare photographs and caricatures.
Keywords: D.S. Merezhkovsky, Z.N. Gippius, D.V. Philosophov, biography, reception, historiosophy, bibliographic list of musical scores.
CONTENTS
From the Editorial Board
I
Vadim V. Polonskiy (Russia, Moscow). “Conjurer” of the Wrong World: the Biographical Work of Dmitry Merezhkovsky in the Context of Life Description Genre Traditions
Tamara F. Teperik (Russia, Moscow). Poetics of Translation and Poetics of Motive: “Oedipus the King” Translated by D.S. Merezhkovsky
Alexey A. Kholikov (Russia, Moscow). Circle of Russian and European Writers in “Non-War Diary. 1914–1916” of D.S. Merezhkovsky
Veronika B. Zuseva-Özkan (Russia, Moscow). Russia and Europe in the Short Stories by Z.N. Gippius of the 1920s–1930s
Lyudmila F. Lutsevich (Poland, Warsaw). “Augustine is Close to us...”: The Problem of Evil in the Interpretation of Augustine and Merezhkovsky
Elena A. Andrushchenko (Russia, Moscow). Dmitry Merezhkovsky Between Remy de Gourmont and Emil Ludwig
Heinrich Kirschbaum (Germany, Freiburg). Messianic Literaturosophy: Merezhkovsky and Mickiewicz
Olga A. Blinova (Paris, France). Séraphîta by Honoré de Balzac and the Concept of the Tripartite Union of Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovsky: Possible Influences
Andrejs Gordins (Latvia, Riga). Dmitry Merezhkovsky in Latvia: Antons Austriņš, Viktors Eglītis, Ādolfs Erss
II
Olga R. Demidova (Russia, St. Petersburg). Poland in Zinaida Gippius’s Destiny
Daria Kuntsevich (France, Bordeaux). Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Nicolas Minsky, Two Religious Voices at the “Mercure de France”
Olga B. Matich (USA, Berkeley). Zinaida Gippius in Taormina: Wilhelm von Gloeden, Elisabeth von Overbeck, and Others
Maria A. Turgieva (France, Paris). The Green Lamp Meetings in Paris
Alexandre F. Stroev (France, Paris). Dmitry Merezhkovsky in France Under the German Occupation (Materials for the Biography of the Writer)
Svetlana A. Garziano (France, Lyon). The Literary Criticism’s Heritage of D.S. Merezhkovsky in French During the Period of Emigration: Translations and Reviews
Publications
Elena A. Andrushchenko (Russia, Moscow). Correspondence of the Merezhkovskys with N.V. Tchaikovsky
Olga A. Blinova (Paris, France). Bibliographic List of Musical Scores (Published from 1906 to 1996) of Zinaida Gippius’ Poems
Appendix
Avril Pyman (UK, Durham). D.S. Merezhkovsky in the “World of Art”
Obituaries and Posthumous Articles about Merezhkovsky in the French Press comp., foreword and transl. by Alexsandre F. Stroyev
Some Excerpts from Reviews in French about the Literary Works of D.S. Merezhkovsky in the Period of Emigration comp., foreword and transl. by Svetlana A. Garziano
Name Index (comp. Elena A. Andrushchenko)