Blue Matter. Essay Collection
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The book of Elena Nevzglyadova "Blue Matter" consists of articles and an essay about prose. The heroes of this book are Lev Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, Yuri Trifonov, Valentin Kataev, Nabokov, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, as well as Graham Green, Knut Hamsun, Salinger.
Nevglyadova believes that it is the lyrics that underlies all cultural undertakings, it is the spiritualizing the beginning of human behavior, the phenomenon is not only aesthetic, but also ethical. The lyrics, which she sees in prose, is understood not in the household, but in a broader, general cultural sense. Her essays are akin to the lyrics, she is spiritualized, no matter how far such writers as Tolstoy, Chekhov or Trifons are from the actual lyrics.
What is "Blue Matter"? This is a metaphor for those several artistically significant, successfully found words or phrases that stand out in the text, play an increased role, hooking the soul, and ultimately create high prose. Just as, according to Blok, the “poem is a bedspread, stretched on the tinges of several words", prose depends on several outstanding details of the text. They "make the weather", they are interesting to find and watch them. They are the essence of art: they are accurate, unexpected and, as a rule, poetic. All the heroes of this book became heroes thanks to "blue matter". And why just such a metaphor came to the place, the reader learns from the essay with this name
Nevglyadova believes that it is the lyrics that underlies all cultural undertakings, it is the spiritualizing the beginning of human behavior, the phenomenon is not only aesthetic, but also ethical. The lyrics, which she sees in prose, is understood not in the household, but in a broader, general cultural sense. Her essays are akin to the lyrics, she is spiritualized, no matter how far such writers as Tolstoy, Chekhov or Trifons are from the actual lyrics.
What is "Blue Matter"? This is a metaphor for those several artistically significant, successfully found words or phrases that stand out in the text, play an increased role, hooking the soul, and ultimately create high prose. Just as, according to Blok, the “poem is a bedspread, stretched on the tinges of several words", prose depends on several outstanding details of the text. They "make the weather", they are interesting to find and watch them. They are the essence of art: they are accurate, unexpected and, as a rule, poetic. All the heroes of this book became heroes thanks to "blue matter". And why just such a metaphor came to the place, the reader learns from the essay with this name
Author:
Author:Nevglyadova Elena Vsevolodovna
Cover:
Cover:Hard
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- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Esoteric, Folklore & Myth
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00098-334-8
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