Criticism

“Reshetnikov suffered a rather strange fate in our literature. Critics of the most opposite directions dealt with him often and willingly, but the mass of th...

About Maxim Gorky.

“In the ranks of folk fiction writers, Mr. Zlatovratsky occupies a very noticeable place in his talent...”

“And now I would like to remember a man who, until the end of his days, called himself a Westerner...”

Five chapters from the novel “Episodes from the Life of Paradise” by I. A. Goncharov. The article is a review of chapters from I. A. Goncharov’s novel “The P...

The writer talks about the emergence of the legendary “New Wave” in Anglo-American science fiction, its heyday and results...

“Blok is one of the most prominent modern Russian poets. Fans can praise him. Enemies - scold. One thing is true: he must be taken into account. Next to the ...

“Life is a room closed in from everywhere. Here we are imprisoned from birth to death as if in a dungeon. There are only walls in front of us, and no one wil...

“The method of constructing Sologub is extremely simple: a triangle – a man (captive Yolkich), a missing piece and death; thesis, antithesis, synthesis; uppe...

“The dearest, closest to us, enchanting the soul and yet distant, still not clear to us song is Gogol’s song. And the most terrible, heart-grabbing laughter,...

“The Eiffel Tower has four bases - four metal legs. The platform is established on metal legs. The body of the tower begins from the platform. There is a spa...

““Fiery Angel” will forever remain an example of high literature for a small circle of true connoisseurs of the elegant; “Fire Angel” is a chosen book for pe...