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Volynsky’s moving reminiscences of key women in his early life as a critic and journalist between 1891 and 1907 (Zinaida Gippius, Liubov Gurevich, Ida Rubinstein, Lou Andreas-Salome) is preceded by a theoretical introduction classifying two basic female types. Chronicling Volynsky’s beginnings as a major observer of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian culture, these vivid portraits of some of the outstanding female icons of his time demonstrate the central presence of women in Volynsky’s intellectual and psychic development; they also provide valuable insight into the origins of his interest in dance, and in female dancers in particular. |
