B. L. PASTERNAK’S WHITE NIGHT AND K. I. CHUKOVSKY’S REMEMBERING ALEXANDER BLOK: CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION OF LYRICS AND MEMOIRS

The article proposes a hypothesis concerning a previously unidentified source for Boris Pasternak’s 1953 poem Belaia Noch’ (White Night), the fourth poem in the final, poetic Part 17 of the novel Doctor Zhivago. The source in question, which likely served as the basis for the elements of the poem related to Alexander Blok, is an account of Blok’s reading of his poem Neznakomka (The Stranger) on the roof of Viacheslav Ivanov’s famous «Tower», an episode recorded in Korney Chukovsky’s memoirs, first published in 1956. This episode was not included in the earlier versions of Chukovsky’s memoirs.

Keywords

Boris Pasternak, Alexander Blok, Korney Chukovsky, Russian poetry, literary memoirs.

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29.08.2021

Publication date

01.09.2021

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GOST	Polivanov K. B. L. PASTERNAK’S WHITE NIGHT AND K. I. CHUKOVSKY’S REMEMBERING ALEXANDER BLOK: CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION OF LYRICS AND MEMOIRS // Russkaia literatura – 2021. – Issue 3 C. 128-134 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusliter/s013160950016536-3-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2021-3-128-134
MLA	Polivanov, Konstantin "B. L. PASTERNAK’S WHITE NIGHT AND K. I. CHUKOVSKY’S REMEMBERING ALEXANDER BLOK: CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION OF LYRICS AND MEMOIRS." Russkaia literatura 3 (2021):128-134. DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2021-3-128-134
APA	Polivanov K. (2021). B. L. PASTERNAK’S WHITE NIGHT AND K. I. CHUKOVSKY’S REMEMBERING ALEXANDER BLOK: CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION OF LYRICS AND MEMOIRS. Russkaia literatura (3), pp.128-134 DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2021-3-128-134

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