{"product_id":"2026100007800-secondhand-the-poet-and-the-revolution-aleksandr-bloks-the-twelve","title":"The Poet And The Revolution: Aleksandr Blok's The Twelve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good; light foxing on book block. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turbulent crossroads of art and political upheaval stands Aleksandr Blok, one of Russia's greatest Symbolist poets, whose incandescent long poem The Twelve captured the chaos, violence, and messianic fever of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in twelve extraordinary cantos. Sergei Hackel's authoritative study presents a meticulous close reading of this landmark work, situating it within the full arc of Blok's creative and spiritual biography while illuminating the cultural forces that shaped its singular vision. Hackel argues with scholarly precision that The Twelve is not merely a political document but a profoundly ambiguous artistic statement—one that simultaneously embraces and interrogates the revolutionary moment it chronicles. Drawing on deep knowledge of Russian literary tradition, Hackel illustrates how Blok's fateful identification with the Revolution ultimately consumed him, leaving readers with a work that continues to unsettle, provoke, and reward interpretation more than a century after its composition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130619502811,"sku":"2026100007800-SECONDHAND","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2a89feb9-e1dd-4e3a-ad2a-1040e817d0c6.png?v=1786587619","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007800-secondhand-the-poet-and-the-revolution-aleksandr-bloks-the-twelve","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}