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Chapter XXI: Act V: SCENE 1. TWILIGHT. KULÍGIN (sitting on a bench), KABANÓV (6)

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Critics, evolution of, 5; and see _Byelínski_, _Dobrolyúbov_,
_Merezhkóvski_, _Písarev_

Culture in nineteenth century, 7

Danilévski, 22

_Dead Souls_, 4, 18; and see _Gógol_

Death, early, of literary men, 6

Decembrist conspiracy, marking an epoch, 5; and Rylyéev, 86; _and see_
15, 102

Délvig, A. A., Púshkin’s influence on, 17; predecessor of Koltsóv, 18;
biographical sketch and extracts, 120 _seq._

Democracy, Russian, defined, 9; in the forties, 20, 21; Dostoévski’s,
21; and Nekrásov, 22

Democratic critics, their effect on poetry, 4

Democratisation of Russian society, 9

_Demon, The_, 17; and see _Lérmontov_

Derzhávin, 12, 16

Desyatína = various land measures, from 3-5 acres, _passim_

Didacticism passing away, 23

Disenchantment in Russian literature, 10 _seq._

Dmítriev, and Karamzín, 27; _and see_ 16, 176, 208

Dobrolyúbov, N. A., and _Oblómov_, 9; biographical sketch and extract,
271 _seq._; _and see_ 5, 6, 389

Dolgorúki, I. M., 16

Dolgorúki, Princess, 68

_Domostróy_, 238

Dostoévski, F. M., estimate of, 21; biographical sketch and extract,
322 _seq._; _and see_ 4, 5, 19, 81, 296

Drama, Ostróvski’s, 22, 369 _seq._; Chékhov’s, 459; and see _Comedy_

Eighteenth century in literature, 12

Eighties, characterisation of period since, 11

Emancipation of serfs, due to literary propaganda, 6; and Turgénev, 21

England, 73 _seq._

English, literature compared with Russian, 3; aristocracy compared
with Russian nobility, 8; and Russian literary styles, 13; people
and Karamzín, 32

Enthusiasm, in Russian literature, 8; of Russian youths, 10

_Evgéni Onyégin_, 16, 17; and see _Púshkin_

Fables and Krylóv, 14, 41 _seq._

_Family Chronicle, The_, 19; and see _Aksákov_

_Fathers and Sons_, 4, 8, 9; and see _Turgénev_

Fet, 4, 17, 391; and see _Shenshín_

Fifties, the, 4

Filarét, 40

Flaubert, 484

Folktales, naturalism in, 18

Fon-Vízin, 27

Forties, the novelists of the, 4

Forty years, apogee reached by literary men at, 6

France, its influence on Russian literature, 19

French, and Russian literary styles, 13; realism, compared with
Russian, 20

Gaj, 241

Garshín, V. M., biographical sketch and extract, 443 _seq._; _and see_
6

German, Romanticism in Russia, 8; influence, 15, 19; philosophy in the
forties, 20

Gértsen, A. I., biographical sketch and extract, 236 _seq._; estimate
by Dobrolyúbov, 272 _seq._; _and see_ 242

Glínka, F. N., 78 _seq._

Gnyédich, 14

Goethe, 492

Gógol, N. V., novelist of the forties, 4; obscuring Púshkin, 16;
estimate of, 18; marks end of older writers, 20; compared with
Tolstóy, 21; and Naryézhny, 49; biographical sketch and extracts,
185 _seq._; and Byelínski, 206 _seq._; and Turgénev, 281; and
Dostoévski, 323; estimate of, by Merezhkóvski, 483 _seq._; _and see_
4, 111, 156, 206, 217, 310, 369, 379

Goncharóv, I. A., estimate of, 21; biographical sketch and extract,
259 _seq._; and Dobrolyúbov, 271 _seq._; estimate of, by
Merezhkóvski, 484 _seq._; _and see_ 4, 9, 339

Górki, M., 5, 23; and see _Pyeshkóv_

Government and progress, 10

Gray’s _Elegy_ and Zhukóvski, 54

Griboyédov, A. S., estimate of, 17; biographical sketch and extract,
92 _seq._; _and see_ 4, 9

Grigoróvich, D. V., and peasant in literature, 5; biographical sketch
and extract, 296 _seq._

Hamlets in Russian life, 21

Hegel, his influence on Russian literature, 19; and Byelínski, 206

Heine, 492

_Hero of our Time_, 17; and see _Lérmontov_

Herzen, see _Gértsen_

History and Karamzín, 27

_Iliad_ in Russian, 14

_Intelligence Comes to Grief_, 17; and see _Griboyédov_

Italian poetry, in Russian, 14

Ivan III., 40, 112

Ivan IV., 40, 246 _seq._

Izmáylov, A. B., biographical sketch and extracts, 46 _seq._; _and
see_ 14

Jefferson, Thomas, and Alexander I., 12

_Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow_, 12

Juvenal, Nekrásov called the Russian, 347

Karamzín, N. M., compared with Púshkin, 3; and Shishkóv, 4; and
literary style, 13; biographical sketch and extracts, 27 _seq._;
_and see_ 5, 12, 14-16, 55, 81, 208, 217, 240

Khomyakóv, A. S., and Slavophiles, 19; biographical sketch and
extracts, 229 _seq._; _and see_ 236, 239

Koltsóv, A. V., estimate of, 18; biographical sketch and extracts,
176; _and see_ 22, 120, 361

Korolénko, V. G., biographical sketch and extracts, 436; _and see_ 5,
468

Kozlóv, I. I., biographical sketch and extracts, 67 _seq._

Krylóv, I. A., biographical sketch and extracts, 41 _seq._; _and see_
14, 16

La Fontaine and Krylóv, 14

Lazhéchnikov, I. I., biographical sketch and extract, 111 _seq._; _and
see_ 4

Lérmontov, M. Y., estimate of, 17; biographical sketch and extracts,
155 _seq._; compared with Ogarév, 242; and Dobrolyúbov, 272 _seq._;
estimate of, by Merezhkóvski, 484 _seq._; _and see_ 3, 4, 6, 123

Levítov, A. I., biographical sketch and extract, 417 _seq._; _and see_
22

Lewis, W. D., first translator into English from the Russian, v

Literary language and Karamzín, 13

Literature and progress, 10

Little-Russian authors, 18, 49, 185

Lyapunóv, 240

Lyceum at Tsárskoe-Seló, 7

Marlínski, see _Bestúzhev_

Masonic societies, 12, 27

Maturity, early, of literary talent, 6

Máykov, A. N., biographical sketch and extracts, 339 _seq._;
criticised by Písarev, 386 _seq._; _and see_ 4, 17

Máykov, V. I., 339

_Memoirs of a Huntsman_, and liberation of serfs, 6; and see
_Turgénev_

Merezhkóvski, D. S., and didacticism, 23; biographical sketch and
extract, 482 _seq._

Merzlyakóv, 16

Middle class, and culture, 8; in literature, 22

Moscow, circles in the forties, 19; merchant class, 22, 369

Muravév, 73

Nádson, S. Y., biographical sketch and extracts, 457 _seq._; _and see_
6

Napoleon, in Russian literature, 63 _seq._; _and see_ 14 _seq._, 492

Naryézhny, V. T., biographical sketch and extract, 49 _seq._; _and
see_ 18

Natural School, and Byelínski, 4; and Gógol, 186; defined by
Byelínski, 206 _seq._; _and see_ 18

Naturalism in Russian literature, 18

Negation, in Russian literature, 5, 8; and Tolstóy, 21

Nekrásov, N. A., his influence on poetry, 4; and democracy, 22;
biographical sketch and extracts, 347 _seq._; _and see_ 120, 234,
361, 365

Neledínski, 16

Nicholas I., literature under, 3, 5; and reaction, 20; and
Slavophilism, 240 _seq._; _and see_ 240

Nihilism defined, by Turgénev, 283 _seq._; by Merezhkóvski, 485

Nikítin, Afanási, 114

Nikítin, I. S., biographical sketch and extracts, 361 _seq._; _and
see_ 6, 22

Nobility and culture, 7

Novel, the Russian, 17, 18

Novelists, of the forties, 4; of the people, 22

Nóvikov, 27

_Oblómov_, as a type of Russians, 9; and see _Goncharóv_

Ogarév, N. P., biographical sketch and extracts, 242 _seq._; _and see_
236

Optimism in Russian literature, 448

Ostróvski, A. N., biographical sketch and extract, 369 _seq._; _and
see_ 22

Ózerov, 12, 241

Pan, a Little-Russian (and Polish) word = Mr., 49 _seq._

Panslavism, 238 _seq._; and see _Slavophilism_

Peasant, in literature, 5; in Turgénev’s sketches, 20; and Byelínski,
213 _seq._; and Uspénski, 408 _seq._; _and see_ 176

People, its definition, 22 _seq._

Periods, in literature, 3 _seq._; by reigns, 5

Pessimism, in the forties, 20; and Baratýnski, 149

Peter the Great, estimate of, by Merezhkóvski, 483 _seq._; _and see_
7, 18, 40, 64, 123, 341

Philosophy, its weakness in Russian literature, 9

Písarev, D. I., biographical sketch and extract, 385 _seq._; _and see_
6, 9

Písemski, A. F., biographical sketch and extract, 310 _seq._; _and
see_ 4, 22

Pleshchéev, A. N., biographical sketch and extracts, 365 _seq._

Poetry, Zhukóvski’s conception of, 55; _and see_ 4

Politics and literature, 6, 11

Polónski, Y. P., biographical sketch and extracts, 303 _seq._; _and
see_ 4, 17

Pomyalóvski, and peasant in literature, 5

Populists, 10

Potápenko, I. N., biographical sketch and extract, 448 _seq._; _and
see_ 5

Progress, carried by youths, 9 _seq._; and Turgénev, 20; of Russian
literature in nineteenth century, 23

Protest an important note in Russian literature, 8

Pud, measure of weight = about 36 lbs., _passim_

Púshkin, A. S., and Byron, 10; estimate, 16 _seq._; renewal of his
cult, 17; and naturalism, 18; and Merezhkóvski, 23; and Bátyushkov,
73; his death, and Lérmontov, 156; biographical sketch and extracts,
122 _seq._; and Dobrolyúbov, 272 _seq._; estimate of, by
Merezhkóvski, 483 _seq._; _et passim_

Pyeshkóv, A. M., biographical sketch and extract, 467 _seq._

Radíshchev, 12

Reaction, periods of, in literature, 11; after 1848, 20

Realism and Turgénev, 20

_Revizór, The_, 188; and see _Gógol_

Romanticism, and novels, 4; early, in Russia, 8; and Zhukóvski, 14,
54; and Púshkin, 16; and Gógol, 19; and Bestúzhev, 102; and
Byelínski, 207; and Turgénev, 280

Russian language, 13, 28

Russian literature compared with English, 3

Ryeshétnikov, 22

Rylyéev, K. F., and Decembrist conspiracy, 15; Púshkin’s influence on,
17; biographical sketch and extracts, 86 _seq._; _and see_ 14, 102

Saltykóv, M. B., and satire, 22; and Dobrolyúbov, 272 _seq._;
biographical sketch and extract, 379 _seq._; and Písarev, 391; _and
see_ 386

Satire and Saltykóv, 22; and see _Saltykóv_

Scepticism in the forties, 20

Schaden’s school, 27

Schelling, his influence on Russian literature, 19, 205

Schools and culture, 7

Schopenhauer, 484

Scott, Sir Walter, his influence on Russian novel, 4

Sentimentalism, 27

Seventies in literature, 22

Shakspere, his influence on Púshkin, 16; and Karamzín, 31

Shchedrín, see _Saltykóv_

Shcherbátov, 13, 27

Shebúyev, 240

Shenshín, A. A., biographical sketch and extracts, 319 _seq._

Shishkóv, his antiquated style, 4; and Church-Slavic, 12, 28; and
Aksákov, 217

Slavophiles, their enthusiasm, 10; studying customs, 22; defined by
Gértsen, 237 _seq._; and Ostróvski 369; _and see_ 13, 236, 484

Slavophilism due to German philosophy, 19

Soilers, 10

Sons and fathers, 10

Styles of language, 12 _seq._; _and see_ 5

Talent not concentrated, 9

Tasso and Bátyushkov, 14, 73, 75 _seq._

Tatíshchev, 27

Theatre and Ostróvski, 369

Theology and literature, Khomyakóv’s, 230

Tolstóy, A. K., biographical sketch and extracts, 245

Tolstóy, L. N., novelist of the forties, 4; departing from reality, 5;
as negator, 9; estimate of, 21; biographical sketch and extracts,
391 _seq._; estimate of, by Merezhkóvski, 483 _seq._; _and see_ 19,
81

Tolstóyists, 392

Tradition, absence of, in home life, 7; in school, 8

Tsárskoe-Seló, lyceum at, 7

Tugendbund in Russia, 15

Turgénev, I. S., novelist of the forties, 4; and emancipation of the
slaves, 6; a Westerner, 19; estimate of, 20 _seq._; and style, 21;
and Dobrolyúbov, 272 _seq._; biographical sketch and extracts, 280
_seq._; estimate of, by Merezhkóvski, 484 _seq._; _and see_ 9, 234,
303, 385

Tyútchev, F. I., biographical sketch and extracts, 234; _and see_ 417

Uspénski, G. I., and peasant in literature, 5; biographical sketch and
extract, 408 _seq._; _and see_ 22, 428, 468

Uvárov, Count S. S. (lived 1786-1855), famous for his perfervid
loyalty to the throne, 241

Venevítinov, 17

Vyázemski, P. A., his literary death, 4; biographical sketch and
extracts, 81 _seq._

_War and Peace_, 391 _seq._; and see _L. N. Tolstóy_

Western ideals, in Russia, 7, 19; and Turgénev, 20

_Word of Igor’s Armament, The_, modernised by Máykov, 340

Yazýkov, N. M., Púshkin’s influence on, 17; biographical sketch and
extract, 152 _seq._

Young men, and school traditions, 7; in cultural movements, 9

Zagóskin, 240

Zhukóvski, V. A., and Romanticism, 14; biographical sketch and
extracts, 54 _seq._; _and see_ 3, 16, 67, 68, 81, 152, 186

Zlatovrátski, N. N., biographical sketch and extracts, 427 _seq._;
_and see_ 22, 468

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