“Universal Great Love” by E. Letov. Once again about the pretext
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-2-114-122
Abstract
This article deals with the connection of the E. Letov’s song text “Universal Great Love” with G.E. Nossak’s novel “Spiral”. The poet himself spoke about that connection. The article offers a view of Letov’s text as a palimpsest. Because it is not an isolated case in Letov’s poetic practice, the article concludes that such an approach is productive. The importance of studying Letov in the context of creative and philosophical thought of the 20th century is also emphasized.
About the Author
Denis L. Karpov
Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Denis L. Karpov, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), associate professor
14, Sovetskaya St., Yaroslavl, 150003
References
1. Karpov, D.L. (2017), “Novel by Yu. Mamleev ‘Shatuny’ as a pretext for E. Letov’s poem ‘Vselenskaya Bol’shaya Lyubov’’ (‘Universal Great Love’)”, in Voroshilova, M.B., Domanskii, Yu.V., Nikitina, E.E. and Nikitina O.E., eds., Russkaya rok–poeziya: tekst i kontekst [Russian rock poetry. Text and context], iss. 17, Ural’skii gosudarstvennyi pedagogicheskii universitet, Ekaterinburg, Tverskoi gosudarstvennyi universitet, Tver’, Russia, pp. 213–220.
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Review
For citations:
Karpov D.L. “Universal Great Love” by E. Letov. Once again about the pretext. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2025;(2):114-122. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-2-114-122
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