Literary criticism

Neither in the writings and letters of Lermontov that have reached us, nor in the memoirs about him, there are any traces that would indicate his acquaintanc...

“Boyarin Orsha” has been little studied, although, without a doubt, it is one of Lermontov’s best poems. In this study, however, we cannot study it monograph...

The problem indicated in the title of this article, of course, can only be outlined in it, because it is very extensive and concerns the most fundamental fou...

In the history of the “Russian Chenier”, Lermontov’s work represents a special and very unique page.

For two, or even three decades, Karamzin’s “Letters...” were a school of feelings for Russian readers, and for writers a model of psychological prose. We can...

In 1910, the French Slavist E. Duchesne published an extensive work in Paris entitled “Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov. Life and creativity.” In the preface, Duc...

The hypothesis that I would like to share with the reader here may seem unlikely - and not because a poem by an almost unknown and inexperienced author is in...

Countless and sometimes elusive threads connected Lermontov’s work with Pushkin’s legacy. At one time, these connections were defined in one word: “influence...

The plot with which we will occupy the reader’s attention goes back chronologically to the mid-20s of the 19th century, when there was still no talk of Lermo...

The history of Lermontov's "Demon", banned from publication during the poet's lifetime and published for the first time abroad in 1856, has been studied for ...

The collection contains essays on Russian literature of the 19th century on topics related to the work of A.N. Ostrovsky, A.A. Feta, F.I. Tyutcheva, N.A. Nek...