FROM THE MEMORY OF BORIS SADOVSKY'S LITERARY CONTACTS IN THE CAPITAL: COOPERATION WITH THE ALMANAC "ST. PETERSBURG EVENINGS" |
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| 2022 |
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| scientific article | 82.0 | ||
| 103-121 | Б.А. Садовской, Е.А. Нагродская, «Петербургские вечера», «Бродячая собака», Н.М. Языков, Е.В. Языкова, В.В. Афанасьев (Монах Лазарь), B.A. Sadovsky, E.A. Nagrodskaya, "Petersburg Nights", "Stray Dog", N.M. Yazykov, E.V. Yazykov, V.V. Afanasiev (Monk Lazarus) |
| This article examines aspects of B.A. Sadovsky's literary contacts in St Petersburg. For Sadovsky who became a writer in Moscow it was important to establish himself also in the capital where the best literary forces were concentrated. And in order to outline some of the stages of this affirmation, the article includes excerpts from Sadovsky's yet unpublished letters to his parents in Nizhny Novgorod, which contain relevant information. Central to the article is a description of the circumstances of Sadovsky's collaboration with the almanac "St. Peterburg (Petrograd) Evenings", published by E.A. Nagrodskaya, author of the novel "The Wrath of Dionysus", which caused a stir in readers' circles. The facts of Sadovsky's acquaintance and communication with Nagrodskaya are highlighted in the context of the iconic subject connected to the St. Petersburg bohemia of the cabaret "The Stray Dog". The correspondence between Sadovsky and Nagrodskaya is published for the first time, with a detailed commentary. Also for the first time is an analysis of Sadovsky's article "N.M. Yazykov (Sketch of Life and Work)", published in the third issue of "Petrograd Evenings" (1914). In terms of genre, it is a literary portrait. A vivid, expressive text with a polemical mood, evoking the reader's undoubted interest. At the same time in the final conclusions sometimes too categorical biased. It is stressed that Sadovsky's evaluations were on the whole in line with the traditions of scholarly interpretations of Yazykov's poetry that emerged in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Modern scholars take a more balanced approach to the analysis of Yazykov's creative fate. E.V. Yazykova's book "The Work of N.M. Yazykov" (1990) stands out in this respect. It contains poems about Yazykov by a great connoisseur of his works V.V. Afanasyev (Monk Lazarus). In the context of Sadovsky's conception of Yazykov's creative path his own fate as a man and a creator is also discussed. |
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