Bunin Understanding Byron: Attraction and Repulsion (Man and God in Byrons Metaphysical Dramas Manfred, Cain and Heaven and Earth - in Original Texts and Their Interpretations)
Bunin is one of Russias most successful interpreters of Byrons poetry. His interpretations of Byrons metaphysical dramas became an important phenomenon of the Russian readers consciousness. The interpretations inevitably inherit the long and rich tradition of Russian Byronism in their depiction of the relationship between God and Man and between Mans spirit and flesh in a softer, less tragic way than the original texts presuppose. At the same time, they are influenced by the epochs particular understanding of love and knowledge, and by Bunins own search for truth and wholeness in Nature and Man.