query re: Russian commonplace books

[Frans Suasso]

I am affraid that putside the angosaxon world this phenomenon is completely 
unknown. The Germans do not have it, the French do'nt, the Dutch certainly 
not.
Why should the Russians have it?

Dr Frans Suasso,
Naarden the Netherlands
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anne Fisher" <Anne.Fisher at WILLIAMS.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] query re: Russian commonplace books


> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> Can any of you point me to resources on Russian commonplace books? I  was 
> having an interesting discussion with a (non-Slavicist) colleague  about 
> the difference between commonplace books, ladies' albums, and  writers' 
> notebooks, and realized that I've never come across any  mention of 
> Russians (whether readers or writers, literati or just  literate) keeping 
> a commonplace book.
>
> It doesn't help that I don't know what the Russian for "commonplace  book" 
> is!
>
> Thanks for any leads,
>
> Annie
>
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