A Medium of Fiction: William H. Gass [PDF]
The article is a brief outline of the literary oeuvre and aesthetic views of William H. Gass, who passed away in December 2017. One of the brightest American prose writers of the 1960–1970s, prolifically active till very recently, Gass is virtually ...
Ivan Delazari
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“My Beloved Hal”: Harper Lee's Best Kept Secret [PDF]
Writer’s dating life is an important part of his literary work. It either inspires the author to literary feats, or makes him unable to work successfully.
Denis V. Zakharov
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James Baldwin’s Quest for Ethics Echoing Leo Tolstoy [PDF]
The paper deals with the ethical principles of James Arthur Baldwin, an outstanding US writer of the mid-20th century, which echo the moral imperatives of Leo Tolstoy. African American writers traditionally displayed great interest in Russian literature,
Yuri V. Stulov
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“Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil, Beat the…”: Kenneth Burke on the Cleansing of Tensions, Both Comic and Tragic [PDF]
There is no question but that Kenneth Burke transformed twentieth century scholarship in rhetorical studies—although too often scholars’ emphasis on identification has led them to neglect other portions of the Burkean canon with important implications ...
Bryan Crable
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“The Turn of the Screw”: Secrets of an Atmospheric Text (Students’ roundtable discussion. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philology, December 11, 2024) [PDF]
The Department of Discourse and Communication Studies of the Faculty of Philology (Lomonosov Moscow State University) regularly holds round tables for advanced graduate students to discuss classic literary works and their adaptations.
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Valentin Katayev’s Comedy The Path of Flowers on the American Stage of the 1930s [PDF]
The study focuses on the problem of the stage existence in the USA of Valentin Katayev’s comedy The Path of Flowers (Doroga tzvetov, 1933). It presents documents confirming Katayev’s planned visit to the United States in the 1930s as well as traces the ...
Maxim M. Gudkov
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Contemporary Reception of Kate Chopin’s Work in Different Cultures [PDF]
Kate Chopin Around the World edited by H. Ostman is a collective work of scholars from different countries who share their approaches to studying/teaching the short stories and novels of the American writer.
Irina V. Morozova
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Michael Arlen’s The Green Hat: Reassessing the Impact a Hundred Years Later [PDF]
In 1924, Michael Arlen published his novel The Green Hat and catapulted to immediate notoriety, even becoming Time’s “Man of the Year.” One hundred years later, the name Michael Arlen is barely recognized.
Lusine Kh. Hambardzumyan Mueller
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Peculiarities of Mythology in Latin American Literature [PDF]
In his article the author tries to answer the question: where does the mythological aura of Latin American literature come from? It is explained by some peculiar typological features of Latin American literature.
Andrey F. Kofman
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Dostoevsky Society of Argentina [PDF]
The paper provides an overview of the Dostoievski Society of Argentina (Sociedad Argentina Dostoievski, SAD), created in 2015. The main goal of the Society is to unite specialists in the work of F.M. Dostoevsky and Slavists.
Alejandro Ariel González
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