Русская литература сегодня. Жизнь по понятиям

This book by a famous philologist, critic, and the editor-in chief of the popular literary magazine "Znamia" is three in one. It is a dictionary of main terms and concepts used by modern writers and critics. It is also an anthology of quotations and statements of modern critics usually presenting different views on the same subject. And finally it is a compendium of the author's ideas, esthetic views and knowledge of the author as a literary critic.