The Reasons for the “Non-meeting” of F.M. Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy
The well-known historical and literary paradox is considered again: the contemporaries F.M. Dostoevsky and L.N. Tolstoy were not personally acquainted, although they had the opportunity to do so more than once. The assumption is substantiated that the main reason for such a non-meeting was not only...
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2021-12-01
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| description | The well-known historical and literary paradox is considered again: the contemporaries F.M. Dostoevsky and L.N. Tolstoy were not personally acquainted, although they had the opportunity to do so more than once. The assumption is substantiated that the main reason for such a non-meeting was not only a combination of random circumstances, but also the incredible intuition of both writers: constantly reading each other, feeling the deepest spiritual closeness and understanding the mutual significance for literature and society, both avoided everyday meetings even on literary occasions, because they were afraid that a possible verbal discussion would lead to an involuntary, even temporary profanation of their views. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-079bebc9db8d403db3276eb4682920cb2022-12-21T22:40:41ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-92472021-12-0126339239710.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-3-392-39720572The Reasons for the “Non-meeting” of F.M. Dostoevsky and Leo TolstoyPavel V. Basinsky0Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature and Creative WritingThe well-known historical and literary paradox is considered again: the contemporaries F.M. Dostoevsky and L.N. Tolstoy were not personally acquainted, although they had the opportunity to do so more than once. The assumption is substantiated that the main reason for such a non-meeting was not only a combination of random circumstances, but also the incredible intuition of both writers: constantly reading each other, feeling the deepest spiritual closeness and understanding the mutual significance for literature and society, both avoided everyday meetings even on literary occasions, because they were afraid that a possible verbal discussion would lead to an involuntary, even temporary profanation of their views.http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/viewFile/27641/19928f.m. dostoevskyl.n. tolstoyn.n. strakhovi.s. turgeneva.g. dostoevskayaa.a. tolstayapushkin celebrations of 1880 |
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| title | The Reasons for the “Non-meeting” of F.M. Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy |
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