Aleksandr AleksandrovichBlok(1880 ~ 1921) |
The text by Blok is Двойник, The Double.
The historical background and literary criticism (in English) have been provided by Olga Soboleva, Russian Language Co-ordinator at the London School of Economics.
For a biography and some more of Blok's work, see Russian Poets of the 20th Century (click on 'Poets' then the top orange circle).