Федор Поляков

Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, Jahrgang 11 (2023), Ausgabe 1, Seite 227 - 256

This is a continuation of the series of commentaries (cf. vol. 10, 2022 of this journal) that concern the editing of the verse collection The Cross and the Lyre by the Russian Symbolist poet Ellis (Lev Kobylinskii, 1879–1947). The present contribution consists of three sections: VII. Poems of The Cross and the Lyre from Ellis’s Moscow collections (1911 and 1914). – VIII. The hаgiographical motif of the youth Anselm in the palace of the Heavenly King. – IX. “The Madonna on the Tree”: a poetic reflection of a cult tradition.

This article is written in Russian.

Keywords: Ellis (Lev Kobylinskii), Russian symbolism, translations of medieval poetry, legends, hagiography, St. Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Eadmer OSB

Федор Поляков

Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, Jahrgang 9 (2021), Ausgabe 1, Seite 251 - 258

This publication “From the Commentary to Ėllis’ book of poems and translations ‘The Cross and the Lyre’. I. The names of the Magi: Traces of the German Mystical Tradition” is the first in a series of notes related to the third book of poems and translations by the symbolist poet Ėllis (Lev Kobylinskii) Krest i Lira (“The Cross and the Lyre”), compiled in Locarno in 1938. In the present article Ėllis’ use of the names of the Magi is examined within the context of the German mystical tradition as represented by Anna Katharina Emmerick (Emmerich). The article also considers her impact on Ėllis’ religious concepts more generally.

Федор Поляков

Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, Jahrgang 9 (2021), Ausgabe 1, Seite 299 - 300

Федор Поляков

Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, Jahrgang 8 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 254 - 275

The article “The Pushkin Exhibition in Prague in 1932. 1. Nikolai Zaretsky's project and its realization within the Czechoslovak-Russian cultural framework” adds to the history of the Prague Exhibition of 1932 where Nikolai Zaretsky's personal collection of artefacts pertinent to the culture of the Age of Pushkin was presented along with the selections from two Czechoslovak libraries. The author reconstructs in detail an unknown facet of the Pushkin Exhibition, the cooperation of Countess Sofiia Panina and Russian émigré circles with the Prague academic organizations, which made this exhibition a significant event in the context of the Czechoslovak-Russian cultural framework. The research for the article was based primarily on the archival holdings of the Slavonic Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.

Федор Поляков, Stephanie Sandler

Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, Jahrgang 8 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 303 - 304

Федор Поляков

Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, Jahrgang 7 (2019), Ausgabe 1, Seite 234 - 255

The article “‘A wonderful enchanted circle’. Ellis in Locarno in the 1930s (based on his correspondence with Nikolai Zaretsky)” presents an analysis of previously unpublished correspondence between the Russian symbolist, poet, translator and historian of Russian literature Lev Kobylinsky (1879-1947), who wrote under the pseudonym Ellis, and the well-known artist and book illustrator Nikolai Zaretsky. The fragments discussed relate mainly to the Pushkin Jubilee of 1937, which inspired a large number of émigré publications, due to its perceived importance for the preservation of Russian national cultural traditions in exile. Further, the letters provide unique information on Ellis' private life and working conditions in Locarno, which are essential for reconstructing this period of his biography.