In the decades prior to the Revolution of 1917, the Russian intelligencija was strongly influenced by Western European intellectuals, including Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche was one of the European philosophers who played a prominent role in shaping Russian perceptions of reality in this period, although his thought was interpreted by Russians in contrasing ways. The article examines the case of Dmitrij Merežkovskij, reassessing the extent of Nietzsche’s influence on his oeuvre. In our view, Nietzsche did not only influence Merežkovskij’s early poetry, where aesthetic and anti-Christian views prevail, but also contributed to the sensual and individualist nature of his later prose.
University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7545-4272
Chapter Title
Nietzsche e l’immaginazione culturale in Russia all’inizio del XX secolo. Un caso di studio: Dmitrij Merežkovskij
Authors
Nadia Caprioglio
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-910-2.28
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2019
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Book Title
Il mondo slavo e l’Europa
Book Subtitle
Contributi presentati al VI Congresso Italiano di Slavistica (Torino, 28-30 settembre 2016)
Editors
Maria Cristina Bragone, Maria Bidovec
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
368
Publication Year
2019
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© 2019 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-910-2
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-909-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-910-2
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6453-911-9
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-039-7
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679