This book is written in Russian. This book is written for those Russian readers who unjustly pronounced Hippius a typical -Decadent-. Canards describing her personality and eccentric behavior were coined and used repeatedly; Critical remarks were passed from person to person without examination: her -sins- and -heresy- were decidedly exaggerated. It is unfortunate that such criticasters were sufficiently powerful to establish a negative tone that has persisted and prevented a fresh approach to an analysis of Hippius the artist. Since Zinaida Hippius belongs to the world by virtue...
This book is written in Russian. This book is written for those Russian readers who unjustly pronounced Hippius a typical -Decadent-. Canar...