Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1104450 Russian Literature 2007 21 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper the author sketches the representation of concepts of time and number as constituents of calendars in ancient texts (the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, the Bible, Hesiod's Works and Days). In the second part the author explores the role of (calendar) units of time (dates, weeks, months, years) in the poetry of Khlebnikov, Pasternak, Kharms and Zabolotskii.

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