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TRANSLATION _ TRADUCTION JAMES P. SCANLAN, translator and editor (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.) MICHAEL GERSHENZON A History of Young Russia - INTRODUCTION . In the first quarter of the twentieth century, Michael Gershenzon's biographical studies in the history of Russian culture won him the nearly universal admiration of the Russian reading public. To the poet and novelist Andrei Belyi, Gershenzon was "the bard of our past." To the philosopher Vasilii Rozanov, he was the leading historian of Russian ' literary life "beyond all doubt and beyond all comparison." Even critics who questioned Gershenzon's historical judgment or rejected his philosophical principles conceded that his talents as a writer were extraordinary. 'Master' was the word they repeated: "a master of the psychological portrait," "a master of individual analysis," "a master of the artful tale, a superb stylist"-so ran the reviews of the day. When Gershenzon died in 1925, his literary immortality seemed assured. "The history of Russian literature," wrote the critic Leonid Grossman, "will forever cherish these profoundly distinctive works, with their charming spirituality and plastic beauty; and with them in memory will live the . remarkable artist of the Russian word who created them But Gershenzon's admirers misjudged the power of
Russian History – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1974
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