Towards Twain. "The unique chronicler" of America in the mirror of Russian literature and criticism

The book made an attempt to present the features of the perception of the work of Mark Twain (real. - Samuel Langhorn Clemens) (1835-1910) in Russia from 1867 to the present. The collection includes materials demonstrating the identity and work of the writer in the context of Russian literature, criticism and culture. The book is opened by an extensive article by Yu. A. Roznatovskaya about the "Russian" fate of Twain. The collection includes fragments from the works of A. N. Engelhardt, I. S. Turgenev, V. Ya. Bryusov, A. I. Kuprin, L. N. Tolstoy, M. Gorky, N. S. Gumilyov, A. T. T. T. Averchenko, K. I. Chukovsky, M. I. Tsvetaeva, O. E. Mandelstam, D.P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky, A. V. Lunacharsky, I. A. Ilf, E.P. Petrov, V. B. B. Shklovsky, A.P. Gaidar, V. M. Inber, I. L. Selvinsky, G. S. Efron, A. A. Akhmatova, A. A. Fadeeva, N. N. Aseeva, V.P. Kataeva, Yu. K. Olesha, Yu. G. Friedstein, V. S. Rozov, f. A. Iskander, Y. S. Lurie and others. The book is illustrated by black and white archival photographs, as well as fragments of Twain"s manuscripts. The publication is addressed to literary critics, as well as all connoisseurs of Twain"s work.
Compiled by: Roznatovskaya Yu.A