Свободные размышления: Воспоминания, статьи

This is a collection of memoirs and articles of the historian of 18th century literature Il’ia Zakharovich Serman (1913-2010). It covers various topics: Influence of Derzhavin's ode style on Maiakovskii; Perception of Fonvizin's plays; Literary interests of Peter I; Theater of Sergei Dovlatov; Confrontation of Slavophiles and Westerners, etc. (0.455 kg.) Also available by the author: Mikhail Lermontov: Zhizn' v Literature: 1836-1841 (2003); Literaturnoe Delo Karamzina (2005).