forgotten superstars - conclusion

[Svitlana Kobets]

I agree that Karamzin is still a staple of various curricula, yet his
stature as a superstar is history. In fact, he is probably much less
popular/read than many writers on the list (e.g. Gorkii, Leonov, Pilniak,
Shaginian).

Svitlana Kobets


On 13/03/09 5:51 PM, "trubikhina at AOL.COM" <trubikhina at AOL.COM> wrote:

> I don't think we can include Karamzin ion this list: his History stands
> strong (and was a bestseller once again during Perestroika); there has
> been a successful theatrical production of "Poor Liza" recently and it
> is still a staple of various curricula―there and here.
> .
> 
> ----------------------------
> Julia Trubikhina, PhD
> New York University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Svitlana Kobets <svitlana.kobets at UTORONTO.CA>
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] forgotten superstars - conclusion
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Karamzin is another forgotten superstar.
> 
> Svitlana Kobets, PIMS, U or Toronto
> 
> 
> On 13/03/09 11:54 AM, "oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU" <oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU> wrote:
> 
>> I don't see in this list Mikhail Zagoskin who was enormously
>> popular in 1820s and 1830s (and stole the title of
>> Khlestakov's novel ;)
>> 
>> Olia
>> 
>> 
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:01:06 -0700
>>> From: Marcus Levitt <levitt at COLLEGE.USC.EDU>
>>> Subject: [SEELANGS] forgotten superstars - conclusion
>>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>> 
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>> 
>>> Thanks to the many of you who responded so quickly.  Here's
>> a
>>> compilation of the names suggested (in no strict order):
>>> 
>>> Vladislav Ozerov, Vladimir Benediktov, Nestor Kukol¹nik,
>> Alexander
>>> Druzhinin, Vsevolod Garshin, Gleb Uspenskii, Konstantin
>> Fofanov,
>>> Anastasiia Verbitskaia, Leonid Andreev, Mikhail
>> Artsybashev, Pavel
> 
> 
>>> Mel¹nikov-Pecherskii, Semen Nadson, Petr Boborykin, Nikolai
>>> Pomialovskii, Pavel Zasodimskii, Fedor Reshetnikov,
>> Aleksandr
>>> Amfiteatrov, Sergei Gorodetskii, Vladimir Nemerovich-
>> Danchenko, Dmitrii
>>> Tsenzor, Lidiia Charskaia, Apollon Maikov, Aleksei
>> Apukhtin, Konstantin
>>> Sluchevskii, Demian Bednyi, Viacheslav Shishkov, Petr
>> Pavlenko,Igor¹
>>> Serverianin, Aleksandr Sheller-Mikhailov, Semen Babaevskii,
>> Ivan
>>> Shevtsov, Maksim Gorky, Fedor Gladkov, Panteleimon Romanov,
>> Boris
>>> Pil¹niak, Marietta Shaginian, Lidia Seifullina, Boris
>> Polevoi, Eduard
>>> Asadov, Anatolii Gladilin, Vladimir Orlov.
>>> 
>>> (I left off Fet as someone I think most Russians have not
>> forgotten...
>>> But as some of you suggested this whole list has an element
>> of personal
>>> choice; obviously, it's not simply a question of some sort
>> of hierarchy
>>> of talent.  We scholars, of course, do not forget!,
>> although I admit I
>>> had to check on some of the first names in this list.)
>>> 
>>> Perhaps we should organize a conference on the topic
>> of "forgotten
>>> superstars"!  Quite a rich cohort.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Marcus
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marcus Levitt, Associate Professor
>>> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
>>> University of Southern California College of Letters, Arts
>> and
>>> Sciences
>>> Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353
>>> Fax (213) 740-8550
>>> Tel  (213) 740-2736
>>> Personal Web Page: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~le
> vitt/
>>> Departmental Pages: http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/sll/
>>> Personal:
>>> http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/sll/people/faculty1003454
>> .html
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>> 1114 West Berks Street
>> Philadelphia, PA 19122
>> 
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>> 
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