Koncepcja androgyna w utworze Mój księżycowy przyjaciel (Мой лунный друг) Zinaidy Gippius
Androgyne concept in song My Moon Friend (Мой лунный друг) Zinaidy Gippius

Summary/Abstract: The article comprises an analysis of My moon friend by the modernist Russian poet and diarist, Zinaida Gippius. Vladimir Solovyov’s theories about the possibility to create a new human (androgyny) as well as Otto Weininger’s ideas about bisexual nature of every human being serve as a starting point for the analysis. The author focuses on the image of the protagonist, the Russian poet Alexander Blok, and sees him as the eponymous moon friend, who possesses features typical of androgynous creatures.

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