Table of Contents
List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Origins and infancy; 2. School and Scriabin; 3. Revolution and Berlin; 4. Youthâs impressions, literature and music; 5. Literature, love and creativity; 6. Philosophy in Moscow and Marburg; 7. A literary launch; 8. Wartime in the Urals and Over the Barriers; 9. Quiet Hills and revolution; 10. Civil war activities; 11. Berlin interlude; 12. Malady Sublime and the air of history; 13. The epic age; 14. Breaches, losses, and lyric revival; Notes; Bibliography; Index.