Ponomaryov, E. and Shruba, M., eds. (2024). Emigrantica. Vol. 1: In Memoriam Oleg Anatolyevich Korostelyov. Moscow: IMLI RAN. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The review deals with the first volume in a new scholarly series Emigrantica. This collection not merely covers various aspects of Russian emigration but introduces ‘emigrantica’ as a separate field of study incorporating literary, historical, philosophical, and journalistic research. The contributors include renowned Russian scholars and Slavicists from other countries whose works explore the many facets of the three waves of Russian emigration. The papers cover both traditional problems, such as philology (textual criticism in Russian émigré literature and methods of literary criticism), as well as cross-disciplinary subjects (interactions between various generations of émigrés, the cultural conflict and mutual cultural influence between the Russian émigré community and the home country). Each study draws on archival documents or a historical-literary context, with some papers outlining the prospects of studying emigration as a unique phenomenon.