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| Title | The Problem of Humanism in M. Gorky’s Essay “A. A. Blok” |
| Author(s) | Natalia N. Primochkina. |
| Information about the author(s) | Natalia N. Primochkina, DSc in Philology, Leading Research Fellow, А.M.Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 a, 121069 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: nprim47@yandex.ru |
| Received | July 09, 2016 |
| Published | September 25, 2016 |
| Issue | Vol. 1, no 1–2 |
| Department | Russian literature |
| Pages | 278-285 |
| DOI | DOI:10.22455/ 2500-4247-2016-1-1-2-278-285 |
| UDK | 821.161.1 |
| BBK | 83.3 (2Рос=Рус) |
| Abstract | The article examines one of the most important problems of Gorky’s work — a problem of humanism. It relates the history of creation of Gorky’s essay “A.A.Blok” (1923) to the author’s reflections about deformation of the old and the birth of the new humanism in post-revolutionary era. Gorky was one of the few Blok’s contemporaries who understood the poet’s concern about the collapse of the old humanism in the world torn by wars and revolutions. It was Gorky who listen- ing to Blok’s presentation “Heine in Russia” was so affected by it that proposed to devote a special seminar related to this theme in the department of the publishing house “World Literature.” This seminar prompted Blok to write his famous article, “The Collapse of Humanism” (1919). |
| Keywords | M.Gorky, the problem of humanism, life and work of AlexanderBlok. |
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