Abstract:
Galaktion Tabidze’s attitude towards the revolution is different at different
stages of his creativity. If the poet’s ideal in the 1910-20s is an artist
from the revolution, a different situation is shown by the study of his work
in the 1940s. This issue is also interesting because Galaktion Tabidze forms
both (contradictory) views on the revolution concerning Goethe. Galaktion
Tabidze discusses this issue in the published article “Foreword”. This article
dates back to the 20s. This is the period when new revolutions have taken
place and the question of what attitude the poet should have towards the
revolution is relevant. This record of Galaktion provides another document
to understand his true views on the revolution, helping us to revise the
myth created by his promotion as if Galaktion happily embraced the revolution.
The face of the poet who emerged from the revolutionary processes
with Galaktion is nurtured by Goethe’s biography. In the poem “Talking
about Lyrics”, Galaktion expresses sympathy for the revolution, which is
due to the new political situation. The poem was written in the 1940s and
bears even traces of conjuncture, if above Galaktion was presented as a
poet as an apostate from Goethe’s revolution, now he portrays the German
author as loyal to the revolution.