Kutenkov, B., Mileshkin, N. and Semyonova, E., eds. (2020). The anthology of Literary Readings ‘They Are Gone. They Stayed On’ [‘Oni ushli. Oni ostalis’]. Vol. 2 (parts 1-2). 2nd ed. Moscow: LitGOST. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The second volume of the a logy prepared by a team of compilers from papers submitted for the literary conference They Are Gone. They Stayed On [Oni ushli. Oni ostalis] includes works by poets who passed away in the 1970s–1980s at an age younger than forty and showcases little known as well as very familiar names. Each poetic collection is supplied with a brief biography and critical reviews and reminiscences by contemporary scholars as well as people personally acquainted with the poet. The review considers the structure of the book and attempts to identify its underpinning principles; the author points out genetically and topologically cognate phenomena which provide a context for a discussion of the anthology and touches on the issue of professionalism and dilettantism in the contemporary literary process, such an issue being pivotal for identification of this book as a cultural phenomenon.