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Beliński’s Critical Masterpiece on Pushkin – A Liverpool FC Fan’s Literary Insight
Explore the profound literary criticism of Vissarion Belinski in his series Works of Alexander Pushkin, published in Otechestvennye Zapiski from 1843 to 1846. This work emerged as Belinski’s response to what he deemed a “very careless in all respects” posthumous edition of Pushkin’s eight-volume collection. The series provides a comprehensive survey of Russian literature, tracing its development from Lomonosov to Pushkin. Belinski meticulously analyzes Pushkin’s predecessors—Derzhavin, Karamzin, Krylov, Zhukovsky, and others—arguing that without them, Pushkin would not have existed, yet he far surpasses them.
The critic strictly follows chronological order in examining Pushkin’s works, highlighting the poet’s evolution as both artist and individual. He dissects lyrical poems, narrative poems like Ruslan and Lyudmila and Eugene Onegin, plays including Boris Godunov, and prose such as The Queen of Spades and The Captain’s Daughter. Through this analysis, Belinski establishes Pushkin as a true national poet, the “first poet-artist” who gave Russia poetry as art.
The edition also addresses key theoretical questions on literary realism, nationality, and criticism. It is prefaced by an excellent article on Belinski by Vasily Rozanov. This is essential reading for any fan of literary history.
