Literary criticism

The work of S. D. Shamurzaev raises a question that has already been the subject of discussion in Lermontov studies, namely the question of the real sources ...

The first thing that puts “Lermontov Tarkhany” by P. A. Frolov in a special place in local history - and indeed scientific - literature is a completely unexp...

The monograph by G. P. Makogonenko “Lermontov and Pushkin: the problem of the successive development of literature” is written by one of the most authoritati...

A. Chervinsky’s play “From Flame and Light” is an extremely interesting work. Its thematic content is the story of Lermontov's last duel; in the internal mon...

E. G. Gershtein’s book “Lermontov’s Fate” does not need special recommendations. This is a phenomenon of Soviet literary classics, one of the best books abou...

The work of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814–1841) was the highest point in the development of Russian poetry of the post-Pushkin period and opened new path...

Poems have a special place in Lermontov’s literary heritage. Over twelve years of his creative life, he wrote in whole or in part (if you count unfinished pl...

Lermontov's dramaturgy in the history of Russian culture and literature is a less significant phenomenon than his poetry and prose. This is explained to a ce...

Boris Sadovsky's novel is over, but a strong and unusual impression will probably haunt his reader for a long time. He came into contact with the prose of an...

In 1838, a short poem entitled “Treasurer” appeared in the third issue of the Sovremennik magazine founded by Pushkin. Its author was a young poet, whose nam...

Twenty years ago, on June 30, 1958, the famous Lermontov expert prof. Semenov turned to a group of Leningrad literary scholars with a proposal to jointly cre...