Zhukovsky. Poetry of feelings and heart imagination

Veselovsky (1838-1906)-an outstanding scientist of the 19th century, went down in the history of science as a theorist and historian of world literature. In the history of science, it is difficult to find a second such name whose authority would be recognized in all sectors of philological knowledge, whether it is folklore, medievalism, the literature of the Renaissance, Russian fiction. The book about Zhukovsky (1904) is the last major work of the great Russian literary critic. Turning from historical poetics to the “secrets of personal creativity”, Veselovsky created an unrivaled image of the poet - teacher Pushkin. “Before the reader is a living, real Zhukovsky”, “This is a whole encyclopedia of the era,” A. Blok wrote about the book of Veselovsky. Zhukovsky’s life and tragic love, “History of His Heart” by Veselovsky - a page in the spiritual annals of sentimentalism and pre -romantism, which are recreated by scientists on the basis of a huge array of facts. The publication is equipped with a reference apparatus, foreign language texts are accompanied by translations of a scientific editor. The book is designed for a wide range of readers, as well as for researchers, teachers and students.