Three Russian "Classic" Poems in Poetic Interpretations of M.I. Tsvetaeva: “Ya Bereg Pokidal Tumannyiy Albiona…” (1918), “Net, Bil Baraban Pered Smutnyim Polkom…” (1931) and “Dvuh Stanov ne Boets, a – esli Gost Sluchaynyiy…” (1935)

The focus of the research is M. Cvetaeva’s interpretation of the three classic literary works in her own poems: “Ja bereg pokidal tumannyj Alʹbiona...” (1918), “Net, bil baraban pered smutnym polkom...” (1931) and “Dvuh stanov ne boec, a — esli gostʹ slučajnyj...” (1935). The precedential texts include “Ten’ druga” by Batyushkov (1817); “Na pogrebenie anglijskogo generala sira Džona Mura” by Kozlov (1825) the original for which was “The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna” by Wolfe (1816); “Dvuh stanov ne boec, no tolʹko gostʹ slučajnyj” by A. K. Tolstoy (1858). In her interpretation of these texts Cvetaeva abundantly involves reminiscences of the poets mentioned as well as of many others starting from European romanticists to contemporary poets and creates her own mythopoetic concept of an “ideal poet”. The three “variations” of the canonical texts in the Russian lyrics form a semantic integrity characterized by multiplicity of intertextual perspectives inherent in it. Thus, Cvetaeva not only reconstructs the literary tradition but also, which is more important, creates her own poetic genealogy.