How Chinese is in N. S. Gumilev’s Porcelain Pavilion? (Notes to the Theme) Cover Image

Насколько Фарфоровый ֲавильон Н. С. Гумилева китайский? (заметки к теме)
How Chinese is in N. S. Gumilev’s Porcelain Pavilion? (Notes to the Theme)

Author(s): Yakov Chechnev, Mark Yurievich Ulyanov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Russian Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: N. S. Gumilev; J. Gauthier; Jade Book; Jasper Book; Porcelain Pavilion; Chinese poetry; stylization; literary play; pre-text

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the “Chinese” section of N. S. Gumilev’s collection Porcelain Pavilion (1918). The authors consider not only the degree of stylization of these poems under Chinese poetics, but also deeper mechanisms of in tertextual borrowing, examining the real and supposed sources of the poet’s inspiration. The main object of attention is Judith Gautier’s The Jade Book, a French poet and orientalist whose works had a significant influence on the creation of Gumilev’s book of poetry.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 109
  • Page Range: 307-344
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Russian
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