LETTERS OF I. A. GONCHAROV IN THE EPISTOLARY AND LITERARY CONTEXT

Abstract

The epistolary of I. A. Goncharov has not yet been reliably compared with the letters of his predecessors. Meanwhile, the search for the typological parallels in the epistolary and literary context of the era is instrumental for outlining the connections between the novelist’s letters and a whole range of artistic traditions of salon correspondence, romantic mystifi cation and familiar letter as a literary genre.