Title Russia's Rome : Imperial Visions, Messianic Dreams, 1890?1940

Published University of Wisconsin Press 2010

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Description 1 online resource (299) Contents Cover13; -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translations -- Introduction: Rome Envy -- 1. The Blueprint: Dmitrii Merezhkovski is Christ and Antichrist -- 2. Relinquishing Empire? Valerii Briusovs Roman Novels -- 3. "Roman Bolshevik": Aleksandr Bloks "Catiline" and the Russian Revolution -- 4. The Third Rome in Exile: Refitting the Piecesin Viacheslav Ivanovs "Roman Sonnets" -- 5. Emperors in Red: The Poet and the Courtin Mikhail Kuzmins Death of Nero -- Conclusion: Bulgakov and Beyond -- Notes -- Index Summary A wide-ranging study of empire, religious prophecy, and nationalism in literature, Russia's Rome: Imperial Visions, Messianic Dreams, 1890-1940 provides the first examination of Russia's self-identification with Rome during a period that encompassed the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and the rise of the Soviet state. Analyzing Rome-related texts by six writers - Dmitrii Merezhkovskii, Valerii Briusov, Aleksandr Blok, Viacheslav Ivanov, Mikhail Kuzmin, and Mikhail Bulgakov - Judith E. Kalb argues that the myth of Russia as the "Third Rome" was resurrected to create a Rome-based discourse of Russian national identity that endured even as the empire of the tsars declined and fell and a new state replaced it. Russia generally finds itself beyond the purview of studies concerned with the ongoing potency of the classical world in modern society. Slavists, for their part, have only recently begun to note the influence of classical civilization not only during Russia's neo-classical eighteenth century but also during its modernist period. With its interdisciplinary scope, Russia's Rome fills a gap in both Russian studies and scholarship on the classical tradition, providing valuable material for scholars of Russian culture and history, classicists, and readers interested in the classical heritage Subject Russian literature -- 19th century -- Classical influences Russian literature -- 20th century -- Classical influences Imperialism in literature. National characteristics, Russian, in literature. Russians in literature. Russians in literature Imperialism in literature Literature National characteristics, Russian, in literature Russian literature -- Classical influences SUBJECT Rome -- In literature Subject Rome (Empire) Form Electronic book ISBN 1282788329 9781282788329 9780299229245 0299229246

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