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Demon (Russian: Демон) is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in several versions in the years 1829 to 1839. It is considered a masterpiece of European Romantic poetry. Lermontov began work on the poem when he was about 14 or 15 but completed it only during his Caucasus exile. Lermontov wrote six major variations of the poem, and the ...
May 13, 2011 · Read, review and discuss the The Demon poem by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov on Poetry.com.
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The Demon. “...Cold and regretless shalt thou view this sphere, Where crime’s inseparable from fate, Where beauty only blossoms to grow sear, Where all is miserable, where, without fear. No one can either love or hate. Know’st thou, Tamára, what is mortal love? A febrile movement of the blood! Years roll away—the pulse can scarcely move,
Nov 3, 2022 · This work tells of a Demon who falls in love with — and attempts to seduce — a Georgian princess, Tamara. Can he be redeemed by love? Will Heaven even allow it?
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Sep 6, 2023 · Complete summary of Mikhail Lermontov's The Demon. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Demon.
Narrative poems by Alexander Pushkin and by Mikhail Lermon tov. Contents: Onegin's journey. Graf Nulin. Mozart and Salieri. The bronze horseman / Alexander Pushkin—The Tambov lady. The Novice. The Demon / Mikhail Lermontov. I. Russian poetry—19th century—Translations into English. 2. English poetry—TransIations from Russian.
Lermontov is the author of the narrative poems The Corsair (1828), The Angel (1831), Tambov Treasurer’s Wife (1838), The Fugitive (1846), and the much-revised Romantic masterpiece Demon (1839) and the first Russian psychological novel A Hero of Our Time (1840).
