Writers of Russian classical literature from the creative perception of M.A. Aldanov and V.V. Nabokov. Convergences and polemics (based on epistolary materials)

Abstract

This article is devoted to a study of letters exchanged between Aldanov and Nabokov, in respect to their attitudes toward Russian classical literature of the nineteenth century. The themes, content, and style of these two writers’ epistolary opinions on Pushkin, Gogol, and Tolstoy are analyzed. One supposition is that the personal relationship between Aldanov and Nabokov had an influence on the nature of their letters.