P.P. Pertsov is a critic at the crossroads between «real criticism», populism and the «high ‘implausibility’» of new art. Book review: Early P.P. Pertsov. Literary and critical publications in the Volzhsky Vestnik. Intro. art. by V.N. Krylov; comp., adapt. texts and notes by V.N. Krylov, S.A. Podryadnyi (Kazan: Edit. and Publ. Center «School», 2024)

Abstract

The collection of early reviews by P.P. Pertsov is considered in the review not only as an important stage in the formation of a critic, but also as an evidence of the breaking traditional principles of Russian criticism, as a rule, focusing on the reliability, typicality, realism of a literary work. To a large extent, the collection of Pertsov reflects the process of transition of criticism to a modernist aesthetic paradigm, focused on formal innovations, the nonlinearity of the content structure. The work of the compilers, the thoroughness of the preface and the quality of the preparation of the publication are evaluated.