Kholikov, A. and Orlova, E., eds. (2021). Russian literature and journalism during the pre-revolutionary period: Forms of interaction and analysis methodology: A co-authored monograph. Moscow: IMLI RAN. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The book’s three parts feature studies, publications and supplements which include contents descriptions of the newspaper Nov, the journal Bogema, and archival materials connected with the newspaper Russkoe Slovo. It is for the first time that a co-authored monograph has brought together authors united by their study of the fundamental question about the role of fiction in the shaping of the Russian cultural and social landscape ahead of the calamity that was revolution. The book discusses the following topics: the balance between fiction and journalism, the journal context and the methods of its study, the interconnectedness of artistic texts against the background of journalistic output, the perception of literature and its various modifications in central Russia and the country’s periphery, the literary trends that emerged at the turn of the century and their influence on the contents and aesthetic programs of periodicals, and journalists as fictional characters.