Jack Dedmondt is an M.A. student in Comparative Literature (Russian and German) at the University of South Carolina. He received a B.A. in Russian Literature, Language, and Culture and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of South Carolina. His research interests lie in the Russian Symbolist movement and its relation to other European artistic traditions, particularly as seen in the work of the symbolist Viacheslav Ivanov and his relationship with 19^th century German developments.