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Posted: 04 Jun 2020

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Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Lermontov
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 Dinesh
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Lermontov came closer to being a leading romantic genius of Russian letters, the “Russian Byron.” His life was a constant protest against his environment, a protest which found expression both in public gestures, such as his stunning poem condemning Russian high society for the death of Pushkin, and in private troubles which resulted in his own death. Lermontov often chose fantastic exotic, and highly subjective themes, set in the grandeur of the Caucasus, where he spent some time in the army. Throughout most of his life he kept writing and rewriting a magnificent long poem called ‘A Demon’:

I am he, whose gaze destroys hope,
As soon as hope blooms;
I am he, whom nobody loves,
And everything that lives curses.

Yet to describe Lermontov as a romantic poet, even a supreme romantic poet, does not do him full justice. For Lermontov’s poetic genius had a broad range and kept developing -- many critics think it developed toward realism. Also, through his prose writings, particularly his short novel “A Hero of Our Times,” he became one of the founders of the Russian realistic novels, in subject matter as well as in form. ~ Page 358
4 years ago.
 polytropos
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Ah, Lermontov. Here it is!
4 years ago.

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