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Abstract:

The book is a result of two large-scale scientific projects studying the heritage of A.P. Platonov: the 9th International Platonov Conference, dedicated to a wide range of issues related to the cultural contexts of the writer’s work, and the first scientific Collected Works of the writer, work on which is being carried out at the Institute of World Literature. The research articles, comments, and publications presented in the book aim to discover and examine the philosophical, historical, literary, and political contexts of Platonov’s artistic search. Presented publications also provide engaging histories of the creation of his works, textual interpretations, and source studies of the writer’s heritage. The book is relevant not only for philologists, but also for the wide circle of readers and admirers of Platonov’s work.

Keywords: Platonov, biography, contexts of oeuvre, text analysis, text history, language of the era, comments, archive.

CONTENTS

From The Editor

I.
CONTEXTS OF EXAMINATION AND UNDERSTANDING

Moskovskaya D.S.
ANDREY PLATONOV AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS: ON THE ISSUE OF COMMENTING ON THE EPOCH LEXICON

Duzhina N.I.
A WRITER AND A CRITIC (ANDREY PLATONOV AND FOREIGN LITERATURE)

Günther H.
PROLETARIAN LABOUR AND THE CHEVENGUR “ECONOMY”

Neretina S.S.
THE DISPUTE BETWEEN UTOPIA AS AN IMAGE OF COMMUNIST HUMANITY AND DYSTOPIA AS ITS DESTRUCTION

Niсkolsky S.А.
ANDREY PLATONOV’S RIDDLE: “OTHERS” IN “CHEVENGUR”

Papkova E.A.
“CHEVENGUR” AND “SUPERFLUOUS MEN” IN THE LITERATURE OF THE 1920s

Proskurina Е.N.
PLATONOV, ZAZUBRIN, GORKY: TOWARDS THE PROBLEM OF CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP

Puglia М.
“THIRST OF THE BEGGAR” BY ANDREY PLATONOV: BETWEEN ORGANIZATION AND DISSIPATION

Barsht К.А.
А. EINSTEIN AND G. ITELSON: ABOUT SOME SOURCES OF PLOTS AND REMINISCENCES IN A. PLATONOV’S WORKS

Čenite К.
TRANSITION FROM ONE WORLD TO ANOTHER: MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF NABOKOV AND PLATONOV, CHILDREN OF MOUNTAIN FLOWERS

Debüser L.
“HAPPY MOSCOW” IN THE WORLD AND CULTURAL AREA: TRANSFORMATION OF FAUSTIAN INTENTIONS INTO MEPHISTOPHELIAN REALITY

Murphy L.
THE IMAGE OF AMERICA IN PLATONOV’S “NOAH’S ARK”

Hodel R.
TOLSTOY AND PLATONOV’S PROSE IN 1941–1945

Kornienko N.V.
“SOCIAL NOVEL” BY ANDREY PLATONOV: FROM THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT TO ITS CONTEXTS

Chandler R.
ABOUT TRANSLATING PLATONOV

Lindsten K.
HOW TO SPEAK IN PLATONOV’S WAY IN SWEDISH

Bakhtinova S.B.
IMMERSION INTO THE TEXT: PLATONOV AT LITERATURE LESSONS IN A RURAL SCHOOL IN THE VORONEZH REGION

“MY MEETING WITH PLATONOV”: TRANSCRIPT OF A CONVERSATION WITH GITIS STUDENTS

II.
TEXT ANALYSIS. HISTORY OF THE TEXT. COMMENTS

Nonaka S.
WHAT YOU CAN GET USED TO AND WHAT YOU CANNOT: TOWARD THE QUESTION OF PLATONOV’S TRADITIONALISM

Borisov B.N.
THE MOTIF OF THE FEAST IN PLATONOV’S WORKS OF THE 1930s

Pastushenko Yu.G.
“LOVE FOR THE MOTHERLAND; OR, THE SPARROW’S JOURNEY”: STRUCTURAL FEATURES

Surovova L.Yu.
ANDREY PLATONOV AND THE CONTROVERSY ON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1930s

Antonova Е.V.
PLATONOV’S UNREALIZED PLANS: DRAFTS OF 1941–1945

Antonova Е.V.

“I LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD...” STORY “THE LITTLE COMMANDER” / “DEFENSE OF THE SEMIDVORYE” / “THERE IS NO DEATH”

Antonova Е.V.
THE UNFINISHED STORY “THE MASTER OF DEATH” (THE HISTORY OF THE CREATIVE IDEA)

Antonova Е.V.
“DUTY” / “SON OF THE PEOPLE” / “OFFICER PROSTYKH”: THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLICATION

Antonova Е.V.
PLATONOV’S RECORDS IN WARTIME NOTEBOOKS

Kornienko N.V.
TO THE HISTORY OF PUBLICATION OF THE STORY “APHRODITE”

Aleynikov O.Yu.
“A RESIDENT OF THE HOMETOWN”: TO THE EDITIONAL HISTORY OF THE TEXT

Papkova Е.А.
FRAGMENTS OF “CHEVENGUR” IN CRITIC’S INTERPRETATION, 1928–1930

Kostylev А.О.
PLATONOV AND THE JOURNAL “CHILDREN’S LITERATURE”

Surovova L.Yu.
MARGINALIA IN PLATONOV’S MANUSCRIPTS: STORIES OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1930s

Antonova Е.V.
PEOPLE OF THE “RAILWAY POWER” IN PLATONOV’S WORKS (ORDER BEARERS E.G. ZEITLIN AND I.A. FEDOROV)

Umryukhina N.V.
“DON’T QUENCH YOUR SPIRIT!”: PLATONOV ON V. KOZIN’S WORK

III.
BIOGRAPHY. CHRONICLE. ARCHIVE

Kornienko N.V.
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE OF GUBMELIORATOR A.P. PLATONOV IN 1925–1926: ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS FROM GAVO

Kornienko N.V.
«BUILDING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT» (PLATONOV’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH COUNTY MELIORATORS)

Kornienko N.V.
“... IT WAS CONSIDERED A SMALL POSITION” (FIRE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION IN THE WORK OF “GUBMELIORATOR PLATONOV”

Klementiev R.Е.
V.A. SUTYRIN’S NOTES WHILE READING THE NOVELLA “VPROK”

Antonova Е.V.
ON THE ISSUE OF THE SOURCES OF THE ARTICLE “ABOUT A KULAK CHRONICLE”

Klementiev R.Е.
LETTER IN DEFENSE OF PLATONOV: N.A. KOVALEV TO A.M. GORKY

Klementiev R.Е.
ANDREY PLATONOV AT VSSP AND LOKAF: UNKNOWN LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS

Klementiev R.Е.
TRANSCRIPT OF A. PLATONOV’S EVENING IN THE ALL-RUSSIAN UNION OF SOVIET WRITERS ON FEBRUARY 1, 1932: SOURCES AND HISTORY OF THE TEXT

Klementiev R.Е.
ARTICLE ABOUT PLATONOV IN THE FIRST SOVIET “LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA”: TEXT EDITIONS

Klementiev R.Е.
ABOUT THE DISPOSAL OF GORKY’S LETTERS TO PLATONOV TO THE A.M. GORKY ARCHIVE

Osipenko М.V.
THE HEAD OF THE UNION OF SOVIET WRITERS V.P. STAVSKY AND HIS ROLE IN PLATONOV’S BIOGRAPHY (BASED ON ARCHIVAL MATERIALS)

Kornienko N.V.
“ADMCRITIC — COMRADE ERMILOV” (TO THE CHRONICLE OF THE LITERARY EVENTS OF AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1939)

Antonova Е.V.
TRANSCRIPT OF THE DISCUSSION OF PLATONOV’S STORIES ON FEBRUARY 18, 1941

Antonova Е.V.
PLATONOV’S CREATIVE WORK IN THE CRITICISM OF THE 1940s
Klementiev R.Е.
DOCUMENTS FROM PLATONOV’S PERSONAL FILE IN THE UNION OF SOVIET WRITERS: 1944–1948

Levchenko T.V.
UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS ABOUT ANDREY PLATONOV FROM THE ARCHIVE OF F.M. LEVIN

Umryukhina N.V.
ANDREY PLATONOV’S LIBRARY AT THE IWL RAS FUND

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