...To a Gray Proletarian Monastery Under the Ringing of RAPP’s Bells ...ˮ: Poet Vladimir Lugovskoy: from Fellow Travelersˮ to RAPP-Member

Occupation: Senior Researcher
Affiliation: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: 25a Povarskaya Str., Moscow, 121069, Russia

Journal name

Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka

Edition

Volume 81 Issue 4

Pages

33-42

Abstract

Based on archival documents and periodicals, the article traces the path of the constructivist poet Vladimir Lugovsky from the eve of his entry into the RAPP in 1930, together with Vladimir Mayakovsky and Eduard Bagritsky, to the party resolution of 1932 “On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations&8j1;. Against the backdrop of the tragic death of Mayakovsky just two months after joining the RAPP and the attitude of the Rapp leadership towards him, the story of Lugovskoy appears, on the one hand, as a successful version of the “perestroika” of the former fellow traveler (poputchik), according to the canons of Rapp’s ideology, on the other hand, Lugovskiy’s example was to become a model for future relations with fellow travelers, but this was prevented by the dissolution of the RAPP.

Keywords

RAPP, literary politics, archival documents, V. Lugovskoy, V. Mayakovsky, E. Bagritsky, constructivist poets, poputchik, proletarian poet

Acknowledgment

The research was carried out at the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the expense of a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (RNF, project No. 20-18-00394) «“Transcriptˮ: Politics and Literature. Digital archive of literary organizations of the 1920s–1930s».

Received

28.09.2022

Publication date

28.09.2022

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27974

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GOST	Klementyev R. “...To a Gray Proletarian Monastery Under the Ringing of RAPP’s Bells ...ˮ: Poet Vladimir Lugovskoy: from “Fellow Travelersˮ to RAPP-Member // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2022. – V. 81. – Issue 4 C. 33-42 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800021454-5-1 (circulation date: 03.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800021454-5
MLA	Klementyev, Ruslan E "“...To a Gray Proletarian Monastery Under the Ringing of RAPP’s Bells ...ˮ: Poet Vladimir Lugovskoy: from “Fellow Travelersˮ to RAPP-Member." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 81.4 (2022):33-42. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800021454-5
APA	Klementyev R. (2022). “...To a Gray Proletarian Monastery Under the Ringing of RAPP’s Bells ...ˮ: Poet Vladimir Lugovskoy: from “Fellow Travelersˮ to RAPP-Member. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 81(4), pp.33-42 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800021454-5

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