Allusions to Russian culture in Frank O’Hara works


https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-10-202-210

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Abstract

The article deals with references to Russian cultural figures in the works of the American poet F. O’Hara (1926–1966). References in the article are grouped into three directions – Russian avant-garde poets, F. Dostoevsky and Russian composers. The article also demonstrates how exactly those allusions are presented in the works of F. O’Hara. The end of the article demonstrates a tendency in references to people, mostly as representatives of the Russian emigration and dissident movement (with the exception of V. Mayakovsky and F. Dostoevsky).


About the Author

I. A. Ezhov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation

Ilya A. Ezhov, postgraduate student

bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047



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For citation: Ezhov I.A. Allusions to Russian culture in Frank O’Hara works. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2024;(10):202-210. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-10-202-210

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