Sonety włoskie Christiny Krotkowej
Khristina Krotkova’s Italian Sonnets

Summary/Abstract: Khristina Krotkova is recognised as a representative of the First Wave of Russian Emigration, she was also a member of literary association “Skit”. Krotkova’s Italian Sonnets form crown of sonnets consisting of 14 poems. Only the title of the cycle concerns the Italian theme, as the crown is formally composed of English sonnets. Italian culture, architecture monuments, masterpieces of literature and painting as well as Italian nature inspired Krotkova and became the pretext to existential and epistemological deliberations.

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