“The language of flowers” poetics as a code of poetic prose of 19th century (Anna Olenina’s diary and autobiographic prose) Cover Image

Флоропоэтика как код бытовой прозы xix века (дневник и литературные опыты анны олениной)
“The language of flowers” poetics as a code of poetic prose of 19th century (Anna Olenina’s diary and autobiographic prose)

Author(s): Klara Sharafadina
Subject(s): Poetry, Russian Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Poetic prose; diary; etiquette code; "the language of flowers"; the poetics of Allegory;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses Anna Olenina’s literary experience – the diary and the autobiographical prose – in the context of her use of "the language of flowers" poetics. This code was an original method of poetic prose and everyday landscape graphics at Pushkin's time, accumulating the allegorical plan of the content. The original version of the list of "the language of flowers" is placed in her blog – French etiquette handbook 1811.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 75-81
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian