The Twelve

Name: The Twelve
Author: Alexander Blok

by Alexander Blok

Modernist poem depicting Russian Revolution through street voices and chaos

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Alexander Blok

Russian symbolist poet whose The Twelve, an epic poem set during the Bolshevik Revolution, is one of the most debated works in Russian literature. His cycle The Beautiful Lady and his Kulikovo cycle are lyrical masterpieces.

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The Beautiful LadySymbolist lyric cycle devoted to mystical feminine ideal and love
The ScythiansPoem addressing the West as barbaric outsiders from Eurasian perspective
Collected PoemsSelected poems from Russian symbolist poet and cultural critic
On the Field of KulikovoLyric cycle celebrating Russian history and national greatness