Contents
Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
A Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations xviii
Introduction
Beyond the Flesh: Russian Symbolism and the Sublimation of Sex 3
I. Poetry against Progeny: Blok and the Problem of
Poetic Reproduction 19
1. Unbearable Burdens: Blok and the Modernist Resistance
to Progeny 21
2. Recurring Nightmares: Blok, Freud, and the Specter of
Die Ahnfrau 41
3. Reproductive Fantasies: Blok and the Creation of
The Italian Verses 70
4. A Time of Troubles: Blok and the Disruption of
Poetic Succession 106
II. Writing against the Body: Gippius and the Problem
of Lyric Embodiment 133
5. Style “Femme”: Gippius and the Resistance to Feminine Writing 135
6. The Dandy’s Gaze: Gippius and Disdainful Desire for
the Feminine 160
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7. Eternal Feminine Problems: Gippius, Blok, and the Incarnation
of the Ideal 190
8. Body Trouble: Gippius and the Staging of an Anatomy
of Criticism 217
Afterword
The Return of the Repressed: Illegitimate Babies and an
Unwieldy Body 241
Notes 251
Index
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