Works of Ye.P. Rostopchina and K.K. Pavlova in 19 - early 20 century writers' and critics' reception

The responsesof Russian writers and critics of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries on collections "Poems of Countess Ye. Rostopchina" (1841), "K.Pavlova's Poems" (1863) and on the two-volume collection of K. Pavlova's works (1915) published under edition of V.Ya. Bryusov areanalyzed in article. The study of reception of creativity of Ye.P. Rostopchina and K.K. Pavlova during the era of the 19th - early 20thcenturies allows speaking about the internal unity of Russian literary process. This unity is comprehended through the development oftraditions of Russian philosophical poetry in E.A. Baratynsky's, F.I. Tyutchev's, K.K. Pavlova's works, which would later develop in thelyrics of the poets of the Silver Age, namely, of A.A. Blok and V.F. Khodasevich. The unity of Russian literary process of the 19th - early20th centuries is detected in the development of philosophy of life-creation presented in creativity of E.P. Rostopchina, K.K. Pavlova and inaesthetics of Russian symbolists. At last, it is possible to speak about the unity of methodological aims of the Russian literary criticismconnected, in particular, with names of V.G. Belinsky, M.E. Saltykov-Schedrin and V.F. Pereverzev. The question of the phenomenon offemale poetry becomes the subject of special aesthetic interpretation of I.V. Kireevsky, and later of Y. Aykhenvald, V.F. Khodasevich andS.R. Ernst. Critics note special "female lyricism" of K.K. Pavlova's poetry, contrast of "femininity" of Ye.P. Rostopchina's poetry with"masculinity" of the poetry of K.K. Pavlova. The phenomenon of female poetry is considered as a fact of literary life, "home" poetry,"verse" aesthetics. The question of the poetry and prose ratio presented both in aesthetic and in historical and literary aspects is also in thecentre of attention when assessing the creative works of the two poetesses. The main attention of the authors is concentrated on the reviewsby I.V. Kireevsky, Yu.I. Aykhenvald, V.F. Pereverzev, Yu.A. Veselovskiy, V.F. Khodasevich, and S.R. Ernst. The phenomenon of femalepoetry in Russian literature of the 19th - early 20th centuries becomes the subject of special consideration.

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