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‘A veritable muddle.’On the publication of correspondence between V. A. Zhukovsky and A. I. Turgenev
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2021-1-216-249
Abstract
The article examines the two-volume edition of correspondence between Vasily Zhukovsky and Aleksandr Turgenev prepared by the German scholar in Slavic studies Holger Siegel and published by Bohlau in 2012 and 2019, respectively. Siegel’s opus is analysed in terms of adherence to requirements for the type of edition containing a large corpus of epistles: i. e., the collection should be as complete as possible and use accurate dating, which ensures a correct order of letters inside the corpus; it should render the correspondents’ texts precisely, and include factual and biographical commentary. Citing the book’s numerous blunders in each of the aforementioned areas, the authors demonstrate its inadequacy as a scholarly publication.
About the Authors
K. M. AzadovskyRussian Federation
Konstantin M. Azadovsky - Candidate of Philology, independent researcher.
10 Vosstaniya St., St. Petersburg, 191014E. O. Larionova
Institute of Russian Literature (The Pushkin House), Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina O. Larionova - Candidate of Philology
4 Makarov Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034References
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Azadovsky K.M., Larionova E.O. ‘A veritable muddle.’On the publication of correspondence between V. A. Zhukovsky and A. I. Turgenev. Voprosy literatury. 2021;(1):216-249. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2021-1-216-249
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