Достоевский и Писемский: каллиграфическая пропись «Неведомов» в черновых записях к роману «Бесы»
Dostoevsky and Pisemsky: The Calligraphic Inscription “Nevedomov” in the Draft Notes for the Novel “Demons”

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the calligraphic inscription “Nevedomov” in the drafts for Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Demons” and contains new facts of this work’s creative history related to the artistic reception of the work of Alexey Pisemsky and, in particular, the novel “People of the Forties” (1869). In addition to textual issues, the paper examines Dostoevsky’s attitude to the works of Pisemsky, the literary images created by both authors in the context of the theme of the Forties, key aspects of the study of this topic in literary criticism. A comparative analysis of the motif and figurative structure of the novels “Demons” and “People of the Forties” is proposed, allowing to identify the specifics of the artistic narrative in both works and the peculiarities of the creative perception of the problems in Pisemsky’s novel during the period of Dostoevsky’s work on “Demons.”

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