The Russian taste for Edgar Allan Poe
3rd June 2016
‘”Edgar Poe—the underground stream in Russia.” So the Russian Symbolist poet Aleksandr Blok noted in his journal for November 6, 1911, a topic for a future critical study. The article was never written, but the prospect has remained an enticing one. For Poe’s fame, however clouded by conflicting interpretation, is of long standing in Russia’ […]
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