Open Access«…You Have Two Souls — One: an Angel! Another: a Beast!» (V. A. Zhukovsky’s Letter to A. A. Vo eykova Dated August 27, 1823) (Introduction and Comments by S. V. Berezkina; Edi ting by S. V. Berezkina and N. L. Dmitrieva)
Author(s) -
Nina L. Dmitrieva,
S. V. Berezkina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2020-2-48-59
Subject(s) - wife , nephew and niece , personality , genealogy , psychology , law , history , psychoanalysis , theology , philosophy , political science
The article presents a letter by V. A. Zhukovsky to A. A. Voeykova, his beloved niece, wife of the poet and journalist A. F. Voeykov. It concerns a turbulent period of her life, associated with problems in family life, and with Alexander Turgenev, who was passionately in love with her. The letter demonstrates not only Zhukovsky’s well-known tender attitude to Voeykova and unceasing care for her, but also a critical outlook on certain traits of her personality and behavior