B. L. PASTERNAK'S WHITE NIGHT AND K. I. CHUKOVSKY'S REMEMBERING ALEXANDER BLOK: CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION OF LYRICS AND MEMOIRS
«Белая ночь» Б. Л. Пастернака и «Из воспоминаний об Александре Блоке» К. И. Чуковского: о возможностях взаимодействия лирики и мемуарного текста

Konstantin Mikhailovich Polivanov, National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow
2021 Russkaâ literatura  
The article proposes a hypothesis concerning a previously unidentifi ed source for Boris Pasternak's 1953 poem Belaia Noch' (White Night), the fourth poem in the fi nal, poetic Part 17 of the novel Doctor Zhivago. The source in question, which likely served as the basis for the elements of the poem related to Alexander Blok, is an account of Blok's reading of his poem Neznakomka (The Stranger) on the roof of Viacheslav Ivanov's famous «Tower», an episode recorded in Korney Chuko-vsky's memoirs,
more » ... fi rst published in 1956. This episode was not included in the earlier versions of Chukovsky's memoirs.
doi:10.31860/0131-6095-2021-3-128-134 fatcat:6j2rdkf6frbmnlz73hqhdzo4z4