Alexey Remizov in S. M. Propper’s editions «Birzhevye Vedomosti» and «Ogonyok»: the History of collaboration (1912-1914)

The paper is devoted to the history of collaboration of A. M. Remizov with the editions of S. M. Propper «Birzhevye Vedomosti» and «Ogonyok». The documentary data of the modernist writer’s relations with the representatives of the editorial boards consist of vast amount of letters basically stored in the personal Remizov’s archives (The Manuscript Department of the Russian National Library, The Manuscript Department of the Research Institute of Russian Literature, Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts), as well as certain letters or small sets of them in the other manuscript collections. The important part of it is the correspondence between Remizov and the editor of «Birzhevye Vedomosti» A. Izmajlov which is interesting as an example of repeatedly changing relations of participants of the literary process, having different aesthetic opinions, evaluations, and preferences. The extracts from Remizov’s publications in the above-mentioned editions are necessary factual materials for throwing light on different aspects of Remizov’s talent and drawing the lines of his creative evolution. Remizov’s literary position and his rich creative potentiality have become apparent not only in his vast artistic heritage of 1912-1914 but also in his unusual answers to the questionnaires regularly published in Propper’s editions. Remizov’s cooperation and correspondence with «Birzhevye Vedomosti» and «Ogonyok» editorial board in this period enabled the authors to reveal the specific features of writer’s work with folk Russian and Bysantine sources and his preferences in their choice. During that period, Remizov proved himself to be an extraordinary personality with manifold interests, strengthened his position as stylist-storyteller and keen thinker, and stabilized his previously uncertain and controversial relations with prominent literary critic and editor A. A. Izmajlov.

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