Textological subjects of Russian classics: actual solutions

Abstract

The article presents a review of the collective work published at IMLI RAS and devoted to a number of textual problems. The author briefly observes the main content of the publication in general and of each work in particular, focusing on the discoveries of textual scholars: studying the poetic heritage of M. N. Muravyov, specifying the dating and dedications of a number of A. S. Pushkin`s poems, highlighting the form and philosophical content of M. Yu. Lermontov`s poems, the publication of the full text of the early version of the novel by N. V. Gogol “Viy”, the history of the find and publication of the second tome of “Dead Souls”, the creative history of a number of works by I. S. Aksakov, N. S. Leskov, the study of separated scenes and themes of the novel by L. N. Tolstoy “Anna Karenina” considering handwritten materials. Particular attention in collective work is given to the story of the literary and textual work of L. D. Gromova-Opulskaya, an outstanding scientist of the 20th century. Colleagues of L. D. Gromova-Opulskaya present a number of her ideas, the methodology of work, show valuable examples to evaluate the work of an outstanding scientist.

Keywords

• russian classical literature
• textology
• literary process
• text history
• history of publications
• author’s will
• options
• editions
• autographs
• archival materials