Criticism

“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...

“The book entitled “Flame” cannot be classified as any kind of literary work; this is neither a “novel”, nor a “story”, nor “everyday sketches”, although the...

“A lot of objections, oral and printed, were made to my report entitled “The People and the Intelligentsia.” What I will talk about today represents the deve...

“Lermontov is a writer who was not lucky either in the number of monographs or in the true love of his offspring: researchers are a little shy of Lermontov, ...

“Small Norwegian town. 3000 inhabitants. Everyone is talking about commerce. Abacuses are clicking everywhere - except in those places where there is nothing...

“Romanticism in common parlance is always understood as something, although very sublime, but abstract; although poetic, it is vague and vague; and most impo...

“Our memory keeps from childhood a cheerful name: Pushkin. This name, this sound fills many days of our lives. Gloomy names of emperors, generals, inventors ...

“Venue: city square on the seashore. The Jester sits above the water with a fishing rod. The Poet approaches him in thoughtfulness...”