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Alexander A. Karpov
Alexander A. Karpov, DSc in Philology, Professor, Department of the History of Russian Literature, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb., 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-9966
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Abstract:
This article examines previously overlooked pretexts of Lermontov’s novella “Taman” (an anecdote about Marshal Turenne from P. Blanchard’s “A Consolation for Children, or Useful and Pleasant Reading”, E. Scribе’s libretto “The Oath, or the Money Forgers” and A. Pushkin’s poem “The Nereid”). These observations cast new light on the novella’s genre and its dependence on the literary tradition.