Marina Tsvetaeva's Spiritual Poetics: Poetry as Resistance

Literary scholars conducted deepened research into philosophical foundations of Marina Tsvetaeva's lyrics based on her letters, diary entries and drafts. Analysis revealed that Tsvetaeva developed unique poetic ontology where word possesses spiritual force capable of overcoming material reality. Amid revolution, emigration and personal grief, Tsvetaeva used poetic form as means of preserving spiritual independence. Her poems often take form of address or invocation, establishing dialogue with reader, with addressee, with history. Tsvetaeva viewed poetic creation as form of sacred action, comparing herself sometimes to a shaman, sometimes to a prophet. Researchers note that her approach anticipated later philosophical concepts of literature as means of spiritual transformation.