A Writer and Criticism of Russian Abroad: Georgii Adamovich in the History of Alexey Remizov’s Novel Music Teacher

Abstract

The article considers a significant aspect of the history of literature, namely the communication between a writer and a critic. The author describes the literary relationships of two well-known figures from Russian abroad, A. Remizov and G. Adamovich, as a long-term dialogue that reveals discussion on different literature problems. While Adamovich’s critical feedback about Remizov’s literary person has long entered scientific circulation, Remizov’s position towards the evaluative judgments of the representative of the so-called “middle generation” of emigration appeared only in his letters to N.V. Kodryanskaya. The article reconstructs the literary context of Remizov’s communication with Adamovich and reveals its motivations. Based on previously unknown epistolary documents and Adamovich’s publications, forgotten in the pages of the emigrant periodicals, the article analyzes the subtext layer of the stories of the early 1930s that formed the core of the novel Music Teacher. The research outcomes significantly contribute to the history of Remizov’s novel and the commentary in some chapters.

Keywords

• russian abroad
• literary criticism
• literary behavior
• artistic reflection
• g. adamovich
• a. remizov.