Additions to the Comprehension of “Noor-Eesti” (“Young Estonia”) as a Receptive “Explosion” of World Literature

The aim of the present article is the accentuation of the tenet, accepted in Estonian literary history, that the revolutionary nature of the “Noor- Eesti” cultural movement “was largely born on the basis of literary influences received from outside” (Annus, Epner, Järv, Olesk, Süvalep, Velsker 2001: 162). This is grounded on two theoretical postulates.