Culture and art

“If Gogol lived among us now, we would treat him the same way as most of his contemporaries: with horror, with anxiety and, probably, with hostility: this on...

“It was the purest and brightest holiday in the world. It was a memory of the golden age, the highest point of that feeling that is now on its way out - the ...

“There is a very widespread opinion among the general public that new Russian fine literature is in decline. The last name that is pronounced with conviction...

“Getting ready to watch Wedekind's play, I was afraid of subtle erotomania. This fear did not apply to the theater, which opened the season with Wedekind, an...

“The St. Petersburg literary season, with all its rather monotonous details, has begun. Literary evenings have also begun - one of the most harmful details. ...

“In those years when Russian new art was persecuted, artists stood up for themselves. Only a few cowardly fled from the battlefield. The rest - completely al...

“Fifty years ago, Apollo Aleksandrovich Grigoriev, a wonderful Russian poet and thinker of the forties, died. A very small part of his works has been publish...

“First of all, I must limit my task. My topic is Russian drama theater of the near future. I have no desire to indulge in general discussions about the theat...

“Sad thoughts about the state of modern literature occur to many people. It is hardly a secret to anyone that we are experiencing a crisis. Only the yellow-t...

“Rozanov once wrote about Merezhkovsky: “Don’t listen to what he says, but look where he stands.” This remark is very profound; it often comes to mind when y...

“Thinking about the school concepts of modern literature, I imagine a large plain, over which a low, heavy vault of heaven is thrown like a blanket. Here and...

“In the People's House, which became the theater of the St. Petersburg Commune, nothing has changed over the summer compared to last year. It is also felt th...