Criticism and Critics in the Mirror of the Silver Age: Monograph

The monograph discusses theoretical issues of the reception of literary criticism, on the material of the vast circle of sources, the specifics of the interpretation of the key figures of Russian criticism are examined in the late XIX - beginning of the 20th century, the role of the Silver Age in the minds of the Pantheon "criticism is clarified. The problem of confrontation between writers and critics that has become acute at the beginning of the twentieth century is covered in detail. The setting of this little -studied problem made it possible to introduce into the “plot” of the book an analysis of the artistic interpretation of criticism (critic as a character of the work, as an object of parody, critical reminiscence in a literary text, etc) To solve the tasks, literary and critical discussions are involved on the pages of magazines and newspapers, archival materials, and memoirs. Diaries, epistolary heritage, literary works.
For philologists, teachers, graduate students. as well as everyone who is interested in issues of theory and history of Russian literary criticism