Poems on the Sea in Russian Romantic Poetry Cover Image

Стихи о море в русской романтической лирике
Poems on the Sea in Russian Romantic Poetry

Author(s): Mihály Péter
Subject(s): Russian Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Russian poets; descriptions of the sea; Zhukovsky; Pushkin; Tyutchev; Bunin; Balmont; Nadson

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a selection of poems about the sea, written by Russian lyric poets in the 19th century. The descriptive aspect in the poems is imbued by the emotional experience and actual mood of the authors. At the same time, the changing sight of the sea, the abundance of its luminous tints and sounding modulations are shown with high poetic mastery suggesting a certain parallel between the dynamism of the sea and the alternating states of the human mind. Parts of the texts indicate the authors’ disposition to transcendence.

  • Issue Year: 66/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 145-157
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian