Correspondence between A.V. Amfiteatrov and V.Ya. Bryusov (1909‒1912)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2025-35-95-114
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https://elibrary.ru/RULVYO
УДК / UDK: 821.161.1.0
Publication Type: Scientific article with publication of archival materials
Issue:

no. 1 (35), 2025
Author: Alexander S. Alexandrov
About the author:

Alexander S. Alexandrov, PhD in Philology, Senior Researcher, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Makarova Emb., 4, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8611-6490

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Abstract:

For the first time, the article presents in full the correspondence between Valery Bryusov and the journalist and prose writer, popular feuilletonist, and author of historical novels Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862–1938), who lived in exile in Italy during those years. The impetus for the correspondence and its key topic was Bryusov’s report “Incinerated” at the ceremonial meeting of the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature on April 27, 1909 in Moscow, which was dedicated to the centenary anniversary of N.V. Gogol. Bryusov’s speech caused heated controversy in the press, and Amfiteatrov spoke out in print to support the poet. Along the way, the topics of the epistolary dialogue became articles by contemporaries about Gogol. Part of the correspondence is devoted to a discussion of Bryusov’s books, primarily his novel The Altar of Victory, as well as the collections Earth’s Axis and Mirror of Shadows. The correspondence contains interesting and sometimes unexpected assessments of contemporary writers. The article provides the published texts with detailed historical and literary comments.
Keywords: A.V. Amfiteatrov, V.Ya. Bryusov, literary anniversary, N.V. Gogol, literary journal Vesy (Scales), Russian Thought, journalism.
For citation:

Aleksandrov, A.S. “Correspondence Between A.V. Amfiteatrov and V.Ya. Bryusov (1909‒1912).” Literaturnyi fakt, no. 1 (35), 2025, pp. 95–114. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2025-35-95-114
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