In the book of the literary critic and culturologist Mikhail Epstein, Russian literature is considered from the point of view of its metaphysical content — the eternal questions about being, good and evil, God and man, free will.
In the book of the literary critic and culturologist Mikhail Epstein, Russian literature is considered from the point of view of its metaphysical content — the eternal questions about being, good and evil, God and man, free will. Exploring how Pushkin reveals the same themes in The Bronze Horseman and The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish (was it by chance that the poem and the fairy tale were written at the same time?), or analyzing the common roots of materialism and swearing, Mikhail Epstein surprises and shocks the reader, forcing you to rethink the works familiar from the school bench.
Higher School, 559 p.