Russian poets of the Silver Age

The Silver Age is a figurative name in the history of Russian poetry of the late XIX - beginning of the twentieth century. It was one of the most sophisticated eras in the history of Russian culture, the era of creative upsurge and philosophy. So wrote the Russian philosopher N.A. Berdyaev, who gave the name to this period of culture and art.
The first decades of the twentieth century is a complex and terrible challenge in the history of Russia - the era of wars and revolutions. “Russian souls took possession of the forebodings of impending disasters. The poets saw not only Zori, but also something terrible, approaching Russia and the world ... ”
The poetry of the Silver Age incorporated ancient mythology, biblical history, the rich experience of European and world literature, is closely connected with Russian folklore, His songs, cries, legends and ditties.
The book includes poems and poems by Russian poets of the Silver Age of different poetic directions and currents: I. Annensky, K. Fofanov, D. Merezhkovsky, K. Balmont, V. Bryusov, and . Blok, A. Akhmatova, O. Mandelstam, M. Tsvetaeva and others