Selected Poems of Jipius

Author: (Russia) Zinaida Gippius
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Zinaida Gippius (1869—1945) is one of the most distinctive and religiously inclined female poets of Russia's Silver Age. Her works have been hailed as "fifteen years of lyrical modernism" and "as if, with condensed and powerful language, and through clear, sensitive imagery, she sketches the entire experience of a modern soul." This poetry selection carefully compiles over 140 representative works from Gippius's creative periods across different stages of her life. While showcasing the suspended state of humanity's oscillation, hesitation, and struggle between the extremes of life, the poems also reflect the poet's "poetic longing for eternal existence" and her proud pursuit of sweetness in hardship, as well as hope in despair.