CONTENTS

T. I. Krasnoborod’ko. Alexander Pushkin or Alexander Turgenev? Concerning the Attribution of Handwriting (Polemical Notes). P. 5

А. А. Dolinin. Stendhal’s Anti-Theodicy. History of an Aphorism. P. 22

REPORTS AND RELEASES

S. A. Semiachko. Borrowing as an Element of Artistic Parlance in Russian Hagiography. P. 31

E. S. Diligul. Kosinskaya Edition of the Works on the Tikhvin Mother of God Icon. P. 39

I. V. Nemirovsky. Pushkin’s Death as a Sociocultural Phenomenon, or Who Zhukovsky was Responding to in his Letter about Pushkin’s Death Addressed to S. L. Pushkin. P. 47

A. G. Grodetskaia. «People Without a Literary Name» in the History of «Library for Reading»: Two Letters of V. A. Solonitsyn to E. F. Korsh (1841). P. 60

E. G. Paderina. On Gogol’s Denial of the Alleged «Strangeness» of his Pilgrimage Plans (From a Commentary on «<Confession of the Author>»). P. 79

A. N. Pershkina. The Military Legacy of the Narrator of A Gentle Creature by Fyodor Dostoevsky. P. 88

S. L. Fokin. Nietzsche Reading The Possessed: «The Russian Novel» and «Decadence». P. 97

E. A. Glukhovskaya. Quiet Flows the «Don» of Moscow Symbolists: Furnished Rooms as a Sociocultural Phenomenon in Russian Literature of the Early 20th Century. P. 107

Gu Junling (China), Zhang Qian (China), Yu. V. Pogrebnyak (China). Translating Tang Poetry in Russia: Rendition of Implicit Meanings as the Case Study for Critical Analysis. P. 116

A. V. Bakuntsev. Around Bunin: Documents from the Funds of the Russian State Historical Archive (1902–1903). P. 123

A. V. Lavrov. «The King» — an Unknown Poem by Maximilian Voloshin. P. 127

Vladimir Gippius at the Theatre Department of the People’s Commissariat of Education and the Petrograd Soviet (Introduction, Editing and Commentary by T. V. Igosheva). P. 136

S. D. Popov. The Makings of Viktor Shklovsky’s Sentimental Journey: Literary Experiment, Postcolonial Optics and New Genres of Critical Writing. P. 157

E. V. Glukhova. Alexander Blok’s Father at the State Academy of Art Sciences: A Presentation by V. D. Izmailskaya. Appendix. V. D. Izmailskaya. Alexander Blok’s Father in the Memoirs of his Contemporaries. P. 166

Zhang Hong (China). The Dystopian Vision of the World in the 20th Century Fiction: The Works by E. I. Zamyatin and Zhang Tianyi. P. 185

Levina-Parker (USA), M. Levin (USA). Mysterious Timelines in Nabokov’s and Others’Writings. P. 192

K. S. Korkonosenko. Spanish Translations of Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik. P. 219

T. G. Ivanova. Reviews of the Manuscript of V. Propp’s Book Problems of Comedy and Laughter. P. 223

M. F. Shumilova, А. A. Azarenkov. A. A. Shumilov: Translator, Verse Theorist, and Poet. P. 232

NOTES

R. A. Bakirov, A. N. Pashkurov. Unknown Poem by M. N. Muravyov. P. 242

A. V. Romanova. A Fragment of I. A. Goncharov’s Letter to M. M. Kirmalov. P. 244

A. V. Samoylov. «In Feminine, Pristine, in Maiden Beauty» (Concerning a Line by K. D. Balmont). P. 246

REVIEWS

A. G. Bobrov. Ancient Rus’ in The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature. P. 248

O. V. Makarevich. А. N. Ostrovsky: Contexts of Creativity. P. 260

NEWSREEL

G. V. Petrova. Anniversary Meeting of the International Research and Practice Akhmatova Seminar. P. 262

A. Yu. Veselova. Russian Literature of the 18th Century: Genres and Styles International Research Conference. P. 264

N. G. Komelina. Tradition and Modernity in Folklore Studies: In Memoriam Valeria Igorevna Yeremina Research Conference. P. 269

S. A. Vasil’eva, A. Iu. Sorochan. Being Late as a Storyline Research Conference. P. 271

A. O. Demin. Readings of the Department of the Russian 18th Century Literature Studies, In Memoriam V. P. Stepanov (1935–2012). P. 275

A. K. Mikhailova. International Readings in memoriam Vadim Erazmovich Vacuro: to the 90th anniversary of his birth. P. 277

A. M. Gracheva. To the Editor. P. 285

A. E. Kozlov. To the Editor. P. 285

From the Editor. P. 285

In Memoriam John Malmstad. P. 286

Summaries. P. 288