Khodasevich’S Interpretation of Nina Petrovskaya’S Emigre Life: On the Poetics of Renata’S End, a Memoir Essay

Pavel Uspenskij (puspenskiy@hse.ru)
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Abstract: This article suggests a literary analysis of “Renata’s End”, a memoir essay written by V. Khodasevich (1928), one of the key examples for understanding the particular nature of Russian symbolism. It is focused on the interpretation that Khodasevich gave to Petrovskaya’s life abroad. The author of the memoir looks at the life of his character through the prism of a symbolist life-creation (zhiznetvorcheskaya) model based on the concept of doppelgangers, or doubles. Simultaneously, the author’s commentary of Petrovskaya’a life abroad is related directly to his own arduous experience as an emigre.

Keywords: Vladislav Khodasevich; Renata’s End; Necropolis; Nina Petrovskaya; emigration; the psychological trauma of emigration; poetics; Russian symbolism; doppelgangers. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2017
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Published in WP BRP Series: Literary Studies / LS, April 2017, pages 1-16

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