Open AccessA. A. Blok Working on the Project One Hundred Best Russian Books. Appendix. Russian Writers Ranged by the Date of Birth (18th, 19th and 20th Century)
Author(s) -
Е. В. Иванова
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 - 10.31860/0131-6095-2020-4-109-127
Subject(s) - publishing , classics , russian literature , history , russian history , library science , literature , art , computer science , ancient history
The article examines the history of M. Gorky’s obscure project "One Hundred Best Russian Books", which was to be published at the Publishing House of Z. I. Grzhebin. Blok, N. Gumilev, K. Chukovsky, E. Zamyatin, Ivanov-Razumnik, N. O. Lerner contributed to the project. Block saw it as a chance to summarize the development of the pre-revolutionary Russian literature. The article details Blok’s approach to making the list of one hundred best Russian books; preparatory materials reflecting Block’s guiding principles are also published. The Appendix contains the list of 250 books compiled by Blok at Gorky’s request.