Meanings
comparative more Khlebnikovian · superlative most Khlebnikovian
- Characteristic of the Russian poet and playwright Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922).
In fact, the scheme of generation of the two lines of Khlebnikovian poetry was described above.
1966, I[saak] I[osifovic] Revzin, translated by N. F. C. Owen and A[lan] S[trode] C[ampbell] Ross, “[Syntagmatic models in Grammar] The language with a finite number of states”, in Models of Language, London: Methuen & Co Ltd, page 1182 more examples
At that time the publishers intended to entitle this collection with the neologism “Miristel,” a title that only Khlebnikov could have created. It was changed to The Milk of Mares probably because the latter sounded more Hylaean while still retaining a Khlebnikovian quality.
1968, Vladimir Markov, “The Years of Flowering”, in Russian Futurism: A History, Berkeley, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, →LCCN, page 166Of the four stanzas in “Night,” the last has been pronounced totally unintelligible by one researcher, and indeed certain lines are marked by a kind of Khlebnikovian detachment of words from meaning.
1973, Edward J[ames] Brown, “[Mayakovsky in the Futurist Collections] The Earliest Lyrics”, in Mayakovsky: A Poet in the Revolution, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 73
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