Essays on Patriotic War of 1812 in V.A. Zhukovskys library

As it has been shown by the Tomsk researchers of V.A.Zhukovsky's writings, it is not separable from the materials of his library that enhance ourunderstanding of the poet's outlook evolution and his aesthetic development. In particular, his workson the Patriotic War of 1812 included in Zhukovsky's book collection are of great interest. Theywitness of his deep and long attention to this historical event, the reception of which was determinednot only by its critical significance for Russia and Europe and the poet's immediate participation in it,but also by creative research of the first Russian romanticist, development of his historical philosophyas well as his awareness of historical problems in literature.There were two peaks of the Russian and European society interest in the Patriotic War in the firsthalf of the 19th century, which is reflected in Zhukovsky's library. It includes books published duringthe first after-war period as well as in the 1830s-1840s. Having considered their reception in thecontext of Zhukovsky's outlook and artistic development of the 1810s and 1830s-1840s it is possibleto conclude that the problem of history in his artistic perception was of great importance for the poetromanticistin understanding of the Russian-European history and its image in literature.All writings about the Patriotic War in Zhukovsky's personal library (The Panegyric for the All-Merciful Sovereign Emperor Alexander I, the August Saver and Peacemaker of Europe by А.F.Merzlyakov, Notes on 1812 by S.N. Glinka, his Notes on Moscow and Foreign Events from the End of1812 to the Half of 1815…, Essays of the Borodino Battle. Memoirs of 1812 by F.N. Glinka, A Storyof Artilleryman on the Borodino Event by N. Lyubenkov, Hallowing Europe before the Mausoleum ofAlexander I, the Blessed by N.I. Fomin, Moscow and Paris in 1812-1814s. Memoirs in Various MeterVerses by А.А. Shakhovskoy, Conversation of Naples' King Murat with the General Officer, PrinceM.A. Miloradovich at the Outposts of the Army on October 14, 1812, a part from The Memoirs of1812 by А.Ya. Bulgakov) form the attitude to the present day (or recent past that is well remembered)as history presenting a permanent process driven by the eternal battle of the good and evil, the essenceof which is a human's and society's moral ascension to the ideal.

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