Danubius International Conferences, 5th International Conference The Danube - Axis of European Identity
Features of Aestheticism in Literary Heritage of Mikhail Kuzmin
Last modified: 2015-05-16
Abstract
The article deals with the main principles of aestheticism reflected in the literary works of Mikhail Kuzmin, the author of well-known lines: “Широки и спокойны струи, Как судоходный Дунай!” The sources of M. Kuzmin’s aestheticism, such as ideas of Pre-Raphaelites, French symbolists, English aesthetes are under investigation. It is stated that literary heritage of Oscar Wilde greatly influenced M. Kuzmin’s critical works.
