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Foreword [Preduvedomlenie] to the unpublished collection of novellas by Botanist X.
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2020-4-266-275
Abstract
The first publication of the complete Foreword [Preduvedomlenie] authored by the renowned Russian economist and writer A. Chayanov in the Russian language (1999 saw the publication of the French version). The piece is considered to be an inseparable part of his ‘Moscow Hoffmanniada.’ To illustrate the book, Chayanov invited the master of smallscale graphics A. Kravchenko, who later became a classic of the romantic tradition in Russian 20th-c. graphic art. The publication never happened, banned by Glavlit (the official Soviet censorship organ) in 1926, and the Foreword was archived. This Foreword was missing from all subsequent publications of Chayanov’s romantic novellas, although the commentators kept referring to the piece. The article seeks to correct the situation and draw the readers’ attention to the text, printed in full after the typewritten manuscript stored in GARF (the State Archive of the Russian Federation), upon elimination of typos and obvious inaccuracies, assuming that the Foreword is part and parcel of Chayanov’s ‘botanical Hoffmanniada.’
About the Authors
D. R. Kobozev
Russian Federation
Dmitry R. Kobozev literary critic, independent researcher
10 Bolshoy Gnezdnikovsky Ln., Moscow, 125009
A. Chayanov
Russian Federation
References
1. Kravchenko, A. (1926). Letter to V. V. Voinov, dtd. 20 Nov. [letter] The Manuscripts Department of The State Russian Museum, Fond 70, item 164, sheet 5 overleaf. Moscow. (In Russ.)
2. Tchaïanov, A. (1999). Diableries moscovites. Trad. du rus. par S. Benech. Paris: Interférences. (In French).
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