 | The Institutions of Russian Modernism: Conceptualizing, Publishing, and Reading Symbolism Subjects: Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Symbolism (Literary movement) -- Russia; Modernism (Literature) -- Russia; The Institutions of Russian Modernism illuminates the key role of Symbolism as the earliest form of modernism in Russia, emerging seemingly ex nihilo at the end of the nineteenth century. Combining book history, periodical studies, and reception theory, Jonathan Stone examines the poetry and theory of Russian Symbolism within the framework of the institutions that organized, published, and disseminated the works to Russian readers. Surveying a wealth of examples of books, journals, and almanacs, Stone traces how publishers of Symbolist works marketed the movement and fashioned a Symbolist reader. His persuasive argument that after its eclipse Symbolism's legacy remained embedded in the heart of Russian modernism will be of interest to scholars and general readers. JONATHAN STONE is an associate professor at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania. |
