Khlebnikovian

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adjective

Characteristic of the Russian poet and playwright Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922).

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adjectiveKhlebnikovian (comparative more Khlebnikovian, superlative most Khlebnikovian)

comparative more Khlebnikovian · superlative most Khlebnikovian

  1. 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 118
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    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 166

    Of 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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