Ancora da capo: Об «Элегии» Александра Введенского [Ancora da capo: On Alexander Vvedensky’s “Elegy”]

Abstract

This article is dedicated to Alexander Vvedensky’s most famous poem, “Elegy,” which is examined from a new perspective, i.e. in the context of the formation of the OBERIU poetic platform and in comparison with the poem that can be considered its predecessor, “Elegy” by Igor Bakhterev.

KEYWORDS: Lazar Fleishman at 80, 20^th-Century Russian Literature, Alexander Vvedensky (1904—1941), “Elegy,” Igor Bakhterev (1908—1996), OBERIU, Close Reading, History of Literature.