Literary Reveries

work by Belinsky

Also known as: “Literaturnye mechtaniya”

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"Literary Reveries" (Literaturnye mechtaniya) was a series of critical articles written by Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky, a prominent Russian literary critic, for the journal Teleskop starting in 1834. These essays established Belinsky's reputation and introduced his application of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling's Romantic view of national character to Russian culture. Belinsky is considered the father of the Russian radical intelligentsia and believed that Russian literature should reflect reality and be judged for its social impact, a concept that influenced later Russian liberal thought.12

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Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky
…were called “Literaturnye mechtaniya” (“Literary Reveries”), and they established his reputation. In them he expounded Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling’s Romantic view of national character, applying it to Russian culture.
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…were called “Literaturnye mechtaniya” (“Literary Reveries”), and they established his reputation. In them he expounded Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling’s Romantic view of national character, applying it to Russian culture.
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