Hermitage as a Landing: “Ladies-companions” by K. N. Leontiev and “Green Hermitage” by I. L. Leontiev (Ivan Shcheglov): two unfinished novels about Optina Pustyn

Authors

  • Olga L. Fetisenko Department of New Russian Literature, Institute of Russian Literature

Keywords:

K. N. Leontiev, I. L. Leontiev (Ivan Shcheglov), Optina Pustyn, monastery, Russian literature, unfinished works

Abstract

The author of the article reconstructs and compares the history of the creation of two unfinished works dedicated to Optina Pustyn. Their plans arose almost simultaneously (1889 and 1891), and both of them were not completed. The subject of the research is the unfinished novel by K. N. Leontiev «Female friends» and sketches for the novel by his namesake I. L. Leontiev «Green Hermitage». What makes the plot particularly interesting is that the two writers met in Optina Pustyn (1891).

Author Biography

Olga L. Fetisenko, Department of New Russian Literature, Institute of Russian Literature

DSc in Philology, Leading Research Fellow,
Department of New Russian Literature,
Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House)
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
4, Makarova Emb., St. Petersburg, Russia, 199034

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Published

2024-12-26

Issue

No. 2(22) (2024)

Section

Historical theology