Genesis of L. N. Tolstoy’s Drama "The Christian" (1903-1905): By the Materials of V. G. Chertkov’s Archives
Sizova Irina Igorevna
A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Submitted: 07.10.2021
Abstract. The paper aims to reconstruct the genesis of a little known L. N. Tolstoy’s play "The Christian" (1903-1905), information about which is discovered in the archives of L. N. Tolstoy’s follower V. G. Chertkov. The article for the first time examines letters of 1905 from actors P. N. Orlenev and A. Karataev to V. G. Chertkov; relying on their content the author analyzes Tolstoy’s artistic and aesthetic search at the beginning of the XX century. The researcher introduces into scientific circulation previously unpublished archival documents, comments on them, and herein lies scientific originality of the study. The research findings are as follows: the author reveals historical, social, literary, aesthetical and religious-philosophical prerequi-sites for the formation of "new drama" conception in Tolstoy’s creative consciousness, identifies its chronological framework.
Key words and phrases: социальная и религиозно-философская драма Л. Н. Толстого "Христианин" (1903-1905), архив В. Г. Черткова, критический очерк "О Шекспире и о драме" (1903-1904, 1906), социально-философский трактат "Единое на потребу. О государственной власти" (1904-1905), категория народности искусства, L. N. Tolstoy’s social and religious-philosophical drama "The Christian" (1903-1905), V. G. Chertkov’s archives, critical essay "Shakespeare and the Drama" (1903-1904, 1906), social-philosophical treatise "The Only Need" (1904-1905), principle of art availability to the public
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