Metamorphosis in Russian Modernism

This book provides the first detailed account of metamorphosis as a Russian theme, structuring princple, and source of artistic identity. This in-depth volume examines metamorphoses in the works of prominent representatives of the divided Russian intelligentsia: the Symbolist; the most famous writer, Nabokov; Olesha, the "fellow traveller" attempting to find his place in the Soviet state; the enthusiastic poet of the Bolshevik movement; Mayakovsky; and finally, Russia´s greatest film director; Sergei Eisenstein.