About One Old “Paradox”: the Genre of Marginalia by A. S. Pushkin Based on “Experiments in Verse and Prose “ by K. N. Batyushkov Cover Image

Об одном давнем «парадоксе»: Жанр маргиналий А. С. Пушкина на «Опытах в стихах и прозе» К. Н. Батюшкова
About One Old “Paradox”: the Genre of Marginalia by A. S. Pushkin Based on “Experiments in Verse and Prose “ by K. N. Batyushkov

Author(s): Vyacheslav Koshelev
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: K. N. Batyushkov; “Experiments in Verse and Prose”; A. S. Pushkin; notes in the margins; genre of marginalia; copy editor; criticism; polemics; dating; interpretation;

Summary/Abstract: In the center of the article there are famous Russian literary marginalia: notes made by of A. S. Pushkin in the margins of the poetic volume “Experiments in Verse and Prose” by K. N. Batyushkov and the academic dispute dedicated to them. The author offers a series of arguments to prove that Pushkin’s marks were not polemic, but editorial in nature. They were made in 1818 due to the request of Batyushkov himself and were an attempt of a “younger” poet to accomplish a “critical task” of his predecessor. The margin notes give evidence of a persistent and repeated appeal of Pushkin to the book of Batyushkov.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 7-49
  • Page Count: 43
  • Language: Russian