Criticism

“The positive “Russian Wealth” criticized the metaphysics revived in our days. But, as it should have been foreseen, directing a blow against the latter, it ...

“Nikitin has long been given a place of honor among Russian “classics.” His works have long served as a reference book for every Russian intelligent person, ...

“...Their criticism of “real life” is not deep - as can be seen, for example, from the above quote. They do not give a consistent explanation for the “chaos”...

“The Russian intelligentsia is again experiencing a transitional era, again standing at a crossroads. Idols in which they recently so fervently believed are ...

“...if we are based on the characterization that Evgeniy Solovyov gave himself, one could only welcome him, be amazed at the unforgivable maliciousness of hi...

“...Most of the “new” people did not assimilate progressive ideas in the same way as these ideas were assimilated by the lonely heroes and ascetics of though...

“...The secret of worshiping Dostoevsky has thus been revealed. In the most typical hero of Dostoevsky, a certain part of the modern intelligentsia sees thei...

“The newest Russian literature, at first glance, puts an irresistible weapon into the hands of opponents of Marxism: it proves, apparently in the most brilli...

“The pessimistic view of the current state of Russian fiction has, as is known, become very widespread. “Literary timelessness” is the subject of constant co...

“An elaborately decorated vase; it is split in half, but its halves are connected and fastened with old, rotting rope. Forest violets have sprouted in a vase...

“When a few years ago the passion for “new art” in our country took on the character of an acute public fad, when not only young writers who had just begun t...

“The Tale “Confessors”” is among other works by P.D. Boborykina, which have appeared in recent years, represents a kind of happy exception. It more successfu...