Archibald Joseph Cronin and Russian literature
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
The article is devoted to the influence of Russian classic literature on literary works of Archibald Joseph Cronin, an English novelist of the 20th century, a representative of critical realism. The article shows how the autobiographical matter is reflected in the writer’s novels – as Cronin himself his fictional characters (mostly positive ones) are interested in Russian classics. Devoting to Russian classics is an important characterizing detail. Profoundly humanistic and spiritual Russian literature affects lives and acts of protagonists.
Authors and Affiliations
Tatiana Sergeevna Burygina
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